Roman Letters

Letter 344: Theodore Studite, Letter 344; Greek heading: Ἐφραὶμ τέκνῳ.

Theodore Studite→Recipient in Theodore Studite Letter 344: Ἐφραὶμ τέκνῳ|c. 817 AD|Theodore Studite|From Studios Monastery, Constantinople|AI-assisted
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Grace be to you from the Lord, child Ephraim. Behold, once again I see you in your letter. How are you faring? How is your endurance? How is your labor? I know that it is well, since the exile and the confinement are for Christ's sake. I was slow to visit you, but the brethren will report the reason. Enduring, endure for the Lord; passing through, pass through every day as a soldier of Christ, purging your thoughts, illumining your soul with the remembrance of God and of the eternal good things. The world is a dream, virtue a living thing; let us pursue this, so that God may be glorified in us and we ourselves may be saved. Pray for me the sinner. Brother Nicholas greets you. The Lord be with you.

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Latin / Greek Original

Χάρις
σοι παρὰ Κυρίου, τέκνον Ἐφραίμ· ἰδοὺ καὶ πάλιν ὁρῶ σε τῷ γράμματι. πῶς ἔχεις; πῶς
ἡ ὑπομονή; πῶς ἡ ἐργασία; οἶδα ὅτι καλῶς, ἐπείπερ διὰ Χριστὸν ἡ ἐξορία καὶ ὁ
περιορισμός. ἐβράδυνα ἐπισκέψασθαι, ἀλλὰ τὴν αἰτίαν ἀπαγγελοῦσιν οἱ ἀδελφοί.
ὑπομένων ὑπόμεινον τὸν Κύριον, διαβιβάζων διαβίβαζε πᾶσαν ἡμέραν ὡς
στρατιώτης Χριστοῦ, καθαίρων λογισμούς, φωτίζων τὴν ψυχὴν τῇ μνήμῃ θεοῦ καὶ
τῶν αἰωνίων ἀγαθῶν. ὁ κόσμος ὄναρ, ἡ ἀρετὴ ζῶσα· ταύτην διώξωμεν, ἵνα δοξασθῇ
ὁ θεὸς ἐν ἡμῖν καὶ σωθῶμεν ἡμεῖς. Προσεύχου περὶ ἐμοῦ τοῦ ἁμαρτωλοῦ. ὁ ἀδελφὸς
Νικόλαος προσαγορεύει σε. ὁ Κύριος μετὰ σοῦ.

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    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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