Letter 59
To the same man.
If we set the coping upon the roof of our manner of life, we shall assuredly be able, after the likeness of the most faithful Rahab [the harlot of Jericho who sheltered the spies, Joshua 2], not somewhere below but rather above, to receive and give lodging to the messengers of Jesus; or, to speak more truly, to host Jesus Christ himself, the Master of the angels.
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Latin / Greek Original
Ἐὰν τὴν στεφάνην ἐπιθῶμεν τῷ δώματι τῆς κατῆς πολιτείας, δυνησόμεθα πάντως καθ’ ὁμοίωσιν τῆς πιστοτάτης Ῥαάβ, οὐχὶ κάτω που, ἀλλὰ ἄνω μᾶλλον ὑποδέξασθαι καὶ ξενίσαι τοὺς ἀγγέλους τοῦ Ἰησοῦ, ἀληθέστερον δὲ λέξω, αὐτὸν ξενοδοχῆσαι Ἰησοῦν Χριστὸν τὸν τῶν ἀγγέλων Δεσπότην.
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