Letter 920
Nilus of Ancyra→Lesbius|c. 415 AD|nilus ancyra|From Ancyra|AI-assisted
To Lesbius the Deacon.
Let us strive not even for the briefest instant to breathe apart from the remembrance of God; for the remembrance of God is the greatest good.
Ἀγωνισώμεθα, μηδὲ τὸ ἀκαρὲς γοῦν ἀναπνεῖν
ἐκτὸς μνήμης Θεοῦ· μέγιστον γὰρ ἀγαθόν ἐστιν ἡ μνήμη τοῦ Θεοῦ.
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To Lesbius the Deacon.
Let us strive not even for the briefest instant to breathe apart from the remembrance of God; for the remembrance of God is the greatest good.
AI-assisted translation - This translation was produced with AI assistance and has not been peer-reviewed.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
Ἀγωνισώμεθα, μηδὲ τὸ ἀκαρὲς γοῦν ἀναπνεῖν
ἐκτὸς μνήμης Θεοῦ· μέγιστον γὰρ ἀγαθόν ἐστιν ἡ μνήμη τοῦ Θεοῦ.
Revision history
- 2026-05-27v2.2.34-import
Initial corpus import from modern nilus ancyra workflow v1.
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