Letter 241: Theodore Studite, Letter 241; Greek heading: Τίτῳ καὶ Φίλωνι τέκνοισ.
O good Titus and O my good Philo, what is this strange sight, that out of your many brethren you have been chosen by God to confess Him and for this reason to be in prison? Surely it is because you loved greatly; surely it is because you believed truly. I bless, therefore, my God and Lord, who has done great things in you. See, brethren, just as I also wrote to you before, stand nobly, without flinching, mightily, just as you were called by God. Glorify Him in your members; do not accept the teaching of a heretic; do not give way before the hardship of the prison, hearing Him who says that "through many tribulations we must enter into the kingdom of heaven." Remember me also, the sinner. The brethren who are with me greet you. The Lord be with you. Amen.
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Latin / Greek Original
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καλὲ Τῖτε καὶ ὦ καλέ μου Φίλων, τί τὸ ξένον θέαμα, ὅτι ἐκ τῶν πολλῶν ἀδελφῶν
ὑμῶν ὑμεῖς ἐξελέχθητε παρὰ θεῷ ὁμολογεῖν αὐτῷ καὶ διὰ τοῦτο εἶναι ἐν φυλακῇ;
πάντως ὅτι πολὺ ἠγαπήσατε, πάντως ὅτι ἀληθῶς ἐπιστεύσατε. εὐλογῶ οὖν τὸν θεόν
μου καὶ Κύριον, τὸν μεγαλεῖα ποιήσαντα ἐν ὑμῖν. βλέπετε, ἀδελφοί, καθὼς καὶ
προέγραψα ὑμῖν, στῆτε γενναίως, ἀνολιγώρως, κραταιῶς, καθὼς ἐκλήθητε ὑπὸ
θεοῦ· δοξάσατε αὐτὸν ἐν τοῖς μέλεσιν ὑμῶν, μὴ παραδέξησθε διδασκαλίαν αἱρετικοῦ,
μὴ ὀκλάσητε πρὸς τὴν κακοπάθειαν τῆς φυλακῆς, ἀκούοντες τοῦ λέγοντος ὅτι διὰ
πολλῶν θλίψεων δεῖ ἡμᾶς εἰσελθεῖν εἰς τὴν βασιλείαν τῶν οὐρανῶν. Μνημονεύετε
κἀμοῦ τοῦ ἁμαρτωλοῦ. ἀσπάζονται ὑμᾶς οἱ σὺν ἐμοὶ ἀδελφοί· ὁ Κύριος μεθ' ὑμῶν.
ἀμήν.
Revision history
- 2026-05-27v2.2.34-import
Initial corpus import from modern theodore studite workflow v1.
Fields: letter text, metadata, source links. Source: https://greekdownloads3.files.wordpress.com/2014/09/epistulae2.pdf
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