Letter 343: Theodore Studite, Letter 343; Greek heading: Εὐθυμίῳ τέκνῳ.
Greetings in the Lord, good Euthymius. I have been granted to see you once again through your letter, and at the same time to embrace you as my own eye, as my own heart, as a son of light, as a confessor of Christ. But as to why it is late, the bearer of the letter explains the reasons. It is still, then, a time for endurance. Therefore let us be patient [long-suffering], brother, that we may receive the promises of God, living decorously [in a seemly manner] for the glory of God through every keeping of his commandments. Pray for me the sinner, that I may be saved. The brother who is with me greets you. The Lord be with you.
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Latin / Greek Original
Χαῖρε ἐν Κυρίῳ, καλὲ Εὐθύμιε· ἠξίωμαι καὶ αὖθίς σε ἰδεῖν διὰ
τοῦ γράμματος, ὁμοῦ δὲ καὶ περιπτύξασθαι ὡς ὀφθαλμόν μου, ὡς σπλάγχνον μου, ὡς
υἱὸν φωτός, ὡς ὁμολογητὴν Χριστοῦ. εἰ δὲ ὅτι βραδύ, διηγεῖται ὁ γραμματηφόρος
τὰς αἰτίας. ἔτι οὖν καιρὸς ὑπομονῆς. διὸ μακροθυμήσωμεν, ἀδελφέ, ἵνα τὰς
ἐπαγγελίας τοῦ θεοῦ κομισώμεθα, βιοῦντες εὐσχημόνως εἰς δόξαν θεοῦ διὰ πάσης
φυλακῆς τῶν ἐντολῶν αὐτοῦ. Προσεύχου περὶ ἐμοῦ τοῦ ἁμαρτωλοῦ ἵνα σῴζοιμι. ὁ
σὺν ἐμοὶ ἀδελφὸς προσαγορεύει σε. ὁ Κύριος μετὰ σοῦ.
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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