Letter 1081

Isidore of PelusiumUnknown|isidore pelusium
From: Isidore of Pelusium, monk
To: An unnamed person, bishop
Date: ~410 AD
Context: Isidore writes on matters of vice.

Vice needs no teacher — it comes naturally to our fallen nature. But virtue must be learned, practiced, and sustained by constant effort and divine grace.

Modern English rendering for readability. See the 19th-century translation or original Latin/Greek for scholarly use.