Letter 99: Theodore Studite, Letter 99; Greek heading: Ὑπάτῳ.
I have received your note, brother, and since you have done violence to my lowliness [overborne my reluctance], may the penance imposed on you be remitted, in the mercy of God who overlooks every sin. Therefore from now on partake of the holy things [the consecrated elements of the Eucharist], taking care for yourself no longer to fall into the same transgressions, lest the judgment become merciless to us forever, even after a cure and a swift absolution have brought us to our senses. God will forgive you your sins, brother. Pray for us sinners.
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Latin / Greek Original
Ἐδεξάμην σου, ἀδελφέ, τὸ πιττάκιον καί, ἐπειδὴ ἐκβεβίακάς μου τὴν ταπείνωσιν, ἐν
τῷ ἐλέει τοῦ θεοῦ τοῦ παρορῶντος πᾶν ἁμάρτημα συγχωρηθείη σοι τὸ ἐπιτίμιον.
κοινώνησον οὖν ἀπὸ τοῦ δεῦρο τῶν ἁγιασμάτων, ἀσφαλιζόμενος ἑαυτὸν μηκέτι
ἐμπεπτωκέναι ἐν τοῖς αὐτοῖς παραπτώμασιν, ἵνα μὴ ἀνίλεως ἡμῖν γένηται ἡ κρίσις
εἰς αἰῶνας, μηδὲ μετὰ ἰατρείαν καὶ ταχεῖαν ἄφεσιν σωφρονήσασιν. Ὁ θεὸς
συγχωρήσει σοι, ἀδελφέ, τὰ ἁμαρτήματα. εὔχου περὶ ἡμῶν τῶν ἁμαρτωλῶν.
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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