Letter 874
Isidore of Pelusium→Unknown|isidore pelusium
From: Isidore of Pelusium, monk
To: An unnamed person
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.
᾿Αδελφὰ ἁμαρτάνειν μοι δοχοῦσιν. οἵ τε ἐπὶ τοῖς μεγίστοις χατορθώμασι σιγῇ προέμενοι (ὃ) τὴν ἀλῆ- θειαν, (φθόνῳ γὰρ τήχονται, πάθει χαλεπωτάτῳ, χαὶ συγγνώμης παρά γε τοῖς ἐχέφροσιν ἀμοίρῳ) καὶ οἱ προχείρως ἐπαινοῦντες τοὺς πάσης εὐφημίας ἐρήμους. Τὴν γὰρ τῶν χολάχων ἐναπομάττονται δύσ- χλειᾶν, τοῦ σωφρονισμοῦ δεομένους ἐγχωμιάζειν ἐπιχειροῦντες.
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From: Isidore of Pelusium, monk
To: An unnamed person
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.