Nilus of Ancyra→Thyrsus|c. 415 AD|nilus ancyra|From Ancyra|AI-assisted
To the Same Person.
Just as I, if I should fail to share with others the grace given to me, will render an account on the day of judgment, as one who has buried the spiritual talent [cf. Matthew 25:14-30] in silence, so too you will be called to give a reckoning, if you do not also dispense to other capable persons the heavenly gift of knowledge entrusted to you. For I bear witness that you possess abundant grace of God, by reason of the nobility of your character, your most honorable life, and a diligence that vies with the best of the monks; which is a marvel to behold in one who combines the ascetic habit with public military service.
Just as I, if I should fail to share with others the grace given to me, will render an account on the day of judgment, as one who has buried the spiritual talent [cf. Matthew 25:14-30] in silence, so too you will be called to give a reckoning, if you do not also dispense to other capable persons the heavenly gift of knowledge entrusted to you. For I bear witness that you possess abundant grace of God, by reason of the nobility of your character, your most honorable life, and a diligence that vies with the best of the monks; which is a marvel to behold in one who combines the ascetic habit with public military service.
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