Letter 47

UnknownTaurentius, nobleman|c. 503 AD|ruricius limoges
From: Ruricius, bishop of Limoges
To: Taurentius
Date: ~503 AD
Context: A thank-you letter for Taurentius's generous initiative in anticipating Ruricius's needs before being asked.

Bishop Ruricius to Taurentius.

I give thanks to your most ready devotion in the Lord and your most sincere love toward me — a love that imitates divine goodness by hastening to anticipate what you foresee I would ask, before I even ask it.

Modern English rendering for readability. See the 19th-century translation or original Latin/Greek for scholarly use.

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