Letter 30: I am worried about two people: about you, that you may not commit an injustice; and about this man, that he may not...
To Pentadius the Augustalis.
I am worried about two people: about you, that you may not commit an injustice; and about this man, that he may not suffer one.
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Source. Translated by Blomfield Jackson. From Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Second Series, Vol.
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