Letter 1624
Isidore of Pelusium→Unknown|isidore pelusium
From: Isidore of Pelusium, monk
To: An unnamed person
Date: ~410 AD
Context: Isidore writes on matters of general.
The spiritual life is a journey with a beginning, a middle, and an end. The beginning is difficult, the middle uncertain, and the end glorious. Persevere. What matters in the end is not what we knew but what we did with what we knew.
Τιἰιδαίτα υἱαηάα, εἰ, ὲαϊπ οὶ αἀπιοτῖς εεδοίαπι. Τιιοαισὶ αι ϊβηυ δ ἰμΒᾶΠ0 ὩΠΊΟΓΟ σλρίι8 , μεθ Υυἱγογιν), ἰπβαηυ5 νἱ οἰβ8πὶ ἃς ρογή Πὶ Ὁ θεατρομανὴς, ὦ βέλτιστε, ἐρωτομανὴς γίνεται, Φεῦγε τοίνυν ἐχεῖνο, ἵνα μὴ τοῦτο τεχθείη. “Αμξινιν ἀπιδιοῦ. ᾿Παἀ ἰιδηια υἱεία) ἀδο! μα, ἴῃ ἴος ΟΣ γὰρ μὴ ῥιζωθῆναι τὴν νόσον, ἢ ῥιζωθεῖσαν ἀνασπα- ἰποί5. Ριπβοίδι δηΐη θοῦ ΓΑ Π0. 296Γ6, 4υδηι [24π τδάϊοὶ υ05 Ἀνθ] ογα, οὐ . πὶ ἀπ , γ6γὸ οἰΐδπὶ ἢ Ο55ἰ ὉΠ6 νυ 6ϑιι . ΟΡΙΧΙΥ. --- ΟΙΌΘΕΝΙ ὈΙΔΟΟΝΟ. σθήναι, ὅπερ τισὶ μὲν δύσχολον, τισὶ δὲ ἀδύνατον εἶναι δοχεῖ ().
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From: Isidore of Pelusium, monk
To: An unnamed person
Date: ~410 AD
Context: Isidore writes on matters of general.
The spiritual life is a journey with a beginning, a middle, and an end. The beginning is difficult, the middle uncertain, and the end glorious. Persevere. What matters in the end is not what we knew but what we did with what we knew.
Modern English rendering for readability. See the 19th-century translation or original Latin/Greek for scholarly use.