Letter 56
Theodoret of Cyrrhus→Unknown|c. 440 AD|theodoret cyrrhus
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From: Theodoret, Bishop of Cyrrhus
To: [unnamed recipient, a festal letter]
Date: ~440 AD
Context: The briefest of festal greetings, written at a moment of acute personal grief.
Festal greeting.
My grief is now at its peak and weighs heavily on my mind. But I have thought it right to honor the custom of the feast, so I take up my pen to greet your reverence and pay the debt of affection.
Letter 56
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Festal.
My grief is now at its height and my mind is seriously affected by it, but I have thought it right to fulfil the custom of the feast, so now I take my pen to salute your reverence and pay the debt of affection.
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From: Theodoret, Bishop of Cyrrhus
To: [unnamed recipient, a festal letter]
Date: ~440 AD
Context: The briefest of festal greetings, written at a moment of acute personal grief.
Festal greeting.
My grief is now at its peak and weighs heavily on my mind. But I have thought it right to honor the custom of the feast, so I take up my pen to greet your reverence and pay the debt of affection.
Modern English rendering for readability. See the 19th-century translation or original Latin/Greek for scholarly use.
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