Letter 193
To Callistion.
The righteous man is called "manifold," like the ninety-nine sheep in the parable [Luke 15:4-7, the parable of the lost sheep]. But the sinner, as one who is perishing, is called either one, or not even one, since he is unwilling to repent and to be multiplied in the virtues.
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Latin / Greek Original
« Ὁ δίκαιος πολλοστὸς » λέγεται, ὡς ἐνενήκοντα ἐννέα ἐν παραβολῇ πρόβατα. Ὁ δὲ ἁμαρτωλὸς ὥσπερ ἀπολλύμενος, ἢ εἷς, ἢ οὐδ’ εἷς λέγεται, μὴ θέλων μετανοῆσαι, καὶ πληθυνθῆναι ταῖς ἀρεταῖς.
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