Letter 36: What I have long feared has now come to pass.
Theodoret to Ibas, Bishop of Edessa.
What I have long feared has now come to pass. The enemies of the true faith, emboldened by the silence of those who should resist them, press their advantage with growing audacity. Yet I take comfort in the knowledge that Your Holiness stands firm, a rock amid the rising tide.
I ask you to receive the bearer of this letter with your customary kindness. He is a man of proven piety who has been driven from his home by the violence of the times. Commend him to such of your brethren as may be able to assist him, and in doing so you will lay up treasure where moth and rust do not corrupt.
The times demand vigilance and courage. Let us not fail the truth that has been entrusted to us.
Human translation — New Advent (NPNF / ANF series)
Related Letters
Another editorial note indicating that this position in the manuscript contained John of Antioch's letter to...
Ceretius, Salonius and Veranus to the holy Lord, most blessed father, and pope most worthy of the Apostolic See, Leo. I. They congratulate and thank Leo for the Tome.
To Marcian Augustus [Emperor Marcian, who ruled the Eastern Roman Empire 450-457 and convened the Council of Chalcedon].
If Paul, the herald of truth, the trumpet of the Holy Spirit, hurried to the great Peter to bring back solutions for...
The illustrious Aristolaus has sent a magistrianus [imperial courier] from Egypt with a letter from Cyril in which...