Letter 170
Nilus of Ancyra→Aemenius|c. 415 AD|nilus ancyra|From Ancyra|AI-assisted
To the Same.
"Do not deliver me up," it says, "to the souls of those who afflict me" [Psalm 26:12 LXX]. For the souls of the demons are the unholy passions, from which one must pray to be released.
« Μὴ παραδῷς με, φησίν, εἰς ψυχὰς θλιβόντων
με » ψυχαὶ γὰρ τῶν δαιμόνων τὰ ἀνόσια πάθη, ὧν
εὐκτέον δύσθηναι.
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To the Same.
"Do not deliver me up," it says, "to the souls of those who afflict me" [Psalm 26:12 LXX]. For the souls of the demons are the unholy passions, from which one must pray to be released.
AI-assisted translation - This translation was produced with AI assistance and has not been peer-reviewed. See the 19th-century translation or original Latin/Greek below for scholarly use.
Latin / Greek Original
« Μὴ παραδῷς με, φησίν, εἰς ψυχὰς θλιβόντων
με » ψυχαὶ γὰρ τῶν δαιμόνων τὰ ἀνόσια πάθη, ὧν
εὐκτέον δύσθηναι.
Revision history
- 2026-05-27v2.2.34-import
Initial corpus import from modern nilus ancyra workflow v1.
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