Theodoret of Cyrrhus→Aquilinus, and Archimandrite|c. 440 AD|theodoret cyrrhus
grief death
To Aquilinus, Deacon and Archimandrite.
No one who has received the divine adoption mourns as an orphan, because no guardian care could be more powerful than that of our Father in heaven — the Father from whom all fathers on earth derive their fatherhood. By his will some are made fathers by nature, some by grace. Let us hold fast to him, then, and keep alive the memory of those who have died. The recollection of those who lived well will do us good — it will rouse us to imitate them.
Letter 27
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To Aquilinus, Deacon and Archimandrite.
No one who has won the divine adoption weeps for orphanhood, for what guardian care can be more powerful than that of our Father which is on high, because of Him fathers of earth are fathers. By His will some are made fathers by nature, some by grace. To Him then let us hold fast and keep alive the memory of them that are dead. For we shall be the better for the recollection of them that have lived well, rousing us to imitation of them.
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To Aquilinus, Deacon and Archimandrite.
No one who has received the divine adoption mourns as an orphan, because no guardian care could be more powerful than that of our Father in heaven — the Father from whom all fathers on earth derive their fatherhood. By his will some are made fathers by nature, some by grace. Let us hold fast to him, then, and keep alive the memory of those who have died. The recollection of those who lived well will do us good — it will rouse us to imitate them.
Modern English rendering for readability. See the 19th-century translation or original Latin/Greek for scholarly use.