Letter 7002: The moment a familiar opportunity to write presented itself, I didn't hesitate to put my longing for you on paper.
The moment a familiar opportunity to write presented itself, I didn't hesitate to put my longing for you on paper. Take heart from knowing I'm well, look after your own health, and in the meantime soothe the ache of my absence with the pleasure of letters. Farewell.
Modern English rendering for readability. See the 19th-century translation or original Latin/Greek for scholarly use.
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Source. Translated by Blomfield Jackson. From Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Second Series, Vol.
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