Nilus of Ancyra→Theodore|c. 415 AD|nilus ancyra|From Ancyra|AI-assisted
To Theodore the Monk.
"I shall be well-pleasing," says David, "in the land of the living" [Psalm 116:9 LXX] - calling the age to come the land of the living, not of the dying. For the present life of human beings is by its nature made complete through many deaths, not only in the change that comes with the passing from one stage of life to another, but also in the bodies of souls subject to sin. But where there is no alteration of body or of soul - for there is neither a turning-aside of reason nor a shifting of judgment, since no circumstance takes away the steadfastness and the untroubled calm of the thoughts - that, in truth, is the land of the living, and of those who rejoice unceasingly.
"I shall be well-pleasing," says David, "in the land of the living" [Psalm 116:9 LXX] - calling the age to come the land of the living, not of the dying. For the present life of human beings is by its nature made complete through many deaths, not only in the change that comes with the passing from one stage of life to another, but also in the bodies of souls subject to sin. But where there is no alteration of body or of soul - for there is neither a turning-aside of reason nor a shifting of judgment, since no circumstance takes away the steadfastness and the untroubled calm of the thoughts - that, in truth, is the land of the living, and of those who rejoice unceasingly.
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