Letter 34: I received your letter telling me of the beautiful and blessed promises and gifts the gods have given us.
To Theodora [?].
I received your letter telling me of the beautiful and blessed promises and gifts the gods have given us. First I acknowledged the immense gratitude I owe to the heavenly gods, and then I gave thanks to you — for the generosity of your spirit. No one is more zealous than you in entreating the gods on my behalf, and you lose no time in reporting the blessings that have been revealed to you.
Human translation — Tertullian Project
Latin / Greek Original
Ἐδεξάμην ὅσα ἐπέστειλεν ἡ σὴ φρόνησις ἀγαθὰ καὶ καλὰ παρὰ τῶν θεῶν ἡμῖν ἐπαγγέλματα καὶ δῶρα· καὶ πολλὴν ὁμολογήσας χάριν τοῖς οὐρανίοις θεοῖς ἐν δευτέρῳ τῇ σῇ μεγαλοψυχίᾳ χάριν ἔσχον, ὅτι καὶ προσλιπαρεῖν ὑπὲρ ἡμῶν τοὺς θεοὺς ἐν τοῖς μάλιστα προθυμῇ καὶ τὰ φανέντα παρ’ αὑτῇ ἀγαθὰ διὰ ταχέων ἡμῖν καταμηνύειν σπουδάζεις.
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