Letter 861
To the Same Person.
If fire had not been kindled, smoke would never have appeared. How then do you yourself [speak as you do]? You grow angry with the brethren if they do not honor you and flatter you, yet you say that neither presumption, nor unsound opinion, nor self-conceit lodges within the expanse of your heart.
AI-assisted translation - This translation was produced with AI assistance and has not been peer-reviewed.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
Μὴ ἀφθέντος πυρὸς, οὐκ ἂν ἐφάνη καπνός. Πῶς οὖν αὐτός; ὀργιζόμενος τοῖς ἀδελφοῖς, ἐὰν μὴ τιμῶσι, καὶ κολακεύσωσί σε, λέγεις, ὅτι οὔτε ἀπόνοια, οὔτε σαθροδοξία, οὔτε οἴησις αὐλίζεται ἐν τῷ διαστήματι τῆς σῆς καρδίας.
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- 2026-05-27v2.2.34-import
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