Letter 872
Isidore of Pelusium→Timothy, scholastic (lawyer)|isidore pelusium
From: Isidore of Pelusium, monk
To: Timothy, scholastic (lawyer)
Date: ~410 AD
Context: Isidore writes on matters of general.
The spiritual life is a journey with a beginning, a middle, and an end. The beginning is difficult, the middle uncertain, and the end glorious. Persevere.
Οὔτε ἀλαζόνα εἶναι χρὴ, οὔτε χόλαχα " ἀλλ᾽ ἀμ- φοτέρων τῶν χαχιῶν () τούτων τὴν ἀμετρίαν χο- λάζοντα, ἐλευθέριον εἶναι, μὴτε εἰς αὐθάδειαν ἀπρχλίνοντα, μῆτε εἰς δουλοπρέπειαν χαταπί- πτοντα. . ΤΠ΄. --- ΤΙΜΟΘΕΩ ΣΧΟΛΑΣΤΙΚΩ. Μάνθανε, ὦ σοφώτατε, καὶ ῥητοριχώτατε, ὅπερ χινδυνεύεις, ὡς ἔοιχεν, ἀγνοεῖν, ὅτι εἰ συμδαίη φί- λοις πρὸς ἀλλήλους διενεχθῆναι, ἣ ἐχθροῖς, οὐχ ὁμοίως διαγωνιοῦνται " ἀλλ᾽ οἱ μὲν ὡς διαλλαγησό- μενοι διοίσονται, οἱ δὲ ὡς: ἀχῆρυχτον ἕξοντες τὸν πόλεμον.
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From: Isidore of Pelusium, monk
To: Timothy, scholastic (lawyer)
Date: ~410 AD
Context: Isidore writes on matters of general.
The spiritual life is a journey with a beginning, a middle, and an end. The beginning is difficult, the middle uncertain, and the end glorious. Persevere.
Modern English rendering for readability. See the 19th-century translation or original Latin/Greek for scholarly use.