Letter 66

Isidore of PelusiumApollonius|isidore pelusium
From: Isidore of Pelusium, monk
To: Apollonius, bishop
Date: ~410 AD
Context: Isidore writes to a bishop about pastoral care and divine reward.

You have scorned temporal profit and chosen the divine reward instead. You have not pursued human applause but God's approval. Now, with these present letters, we feed our desire as though it were a hunger — longing not for worldly praise but for divine blessing and for the excellence that endures beyond this life.

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

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