Letter 115
Nilus of Ancyra→Epigonus|c. 415 AD|nilus ancyra|From Ancyra|AI-assisted
To the same person.
But so long as the Hebrews do not acquire the faith of the blessed Sarah, one must apply to their way of thinking the name of the servant-woman Hagar. [Sarah, the free wife of Abraham, and Hagar, her slave, are read allegorically in Galatians 4:21-31 as the two covenants.]
Μέχρις ἂν μὴ κτήσωνται δὲ οἱ Ἑβραῖοι τὴν πίστιν τῆς μακαρίας Σάρρας, τῆς οἰκέτιδος Ἄγαρ τὸ ὄνομα τῇ γνώμῃ αὐτῶν ἐπιφημίζειν δέον.
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To the same person.
But so long as the Hebrews do not acquire the faith of the blessed Sarah, one must apply to their way of thinking the name of the servant-woman Hagar. [Sarah, the free wife of Abraham, and Hagar, her slave, are read allegorically in Galatians 4:21-31 as the two covenants.]
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Latin / Greek Original
Μέχρις ἂν μὴ κτήσωνται δὲ οἱ Ἑβραῖοι τὴν πίστιν τῆς μακαρίας Σάρρας, τῆς οἰκέτιδος Ἄγαρ τὸ ὄνομα τῇ γνώμῃ αὐτῶν ἐπιφημίζειν δέον.
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- 2026-05-27v2.2.34-import
Initial corpus import from modern nilus ancyra workflow v1.
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