Letter 250
Nilus of Ancyra→Naucratius|c. 415 AD|nilus ancyra|From Ancyra|AI-assisted
To Naucratius.
He calls the Incarnate dispensation a lamp; for the Wisdom of God [Christ], having lit the said lamp, found the lost drachma [an allusion to the parable of the woman who lights a lamp and finds the lost coin, Luke 15:8].
Τὴν Ἐνσαρκον οἰκονομίαν λύχνον φησίν· ἡ γὰρ τοῦ
σοφία τὸν εἰρημένον ἅψασα λύχνον ηὗρε τὴν δραχμὴν τὴν ἀπολωλυῖαν.
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To Naucratius.
He calls the Incarnate dispensation a lamp; for the Wisdom of God [Christ], having lit the said lamp, found the lost drachma [an allusion to the parable of the woman who lights a lamp and finds the lost coin, Luke 15:8].
AI-assisted translation - This translation was produced with AI assistance and has not been peer-reviewed.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
Τὴν Ἐνσαρκον οἰκονομίαν λύχνον φησίν· ἡ γὰρ τοῦ
σοφία τὸν εἰρημένον ἅψασα λύχνον ηὗρε τὴν δραχμὴν τὴν ἀπολωλυῖαν.
Revision history
- 2026-05-27v2.2.34-import
Initial corpus import from modern nilus ancyra workflow v1.
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