Letter 868
Isidore of Pelusium→Unknown|isidore pelusium
From: Isidore of Pelusium, monk
To: An unnamed person
Date: ~410 AD
Context: Isidore writes on matters of scripture.
Scripture speaks with precision to those who read carefully. But it punishes those who read carelessly by allowing them to construct elaborate errors from fragments of truth.
Εἰ χαὶ Χαιρήμων, ὡς γέγραφας, ὁ Εὐσεθίου ὑπ’ ασπιστὴς, ἐχ τῆς αὐτοῦ συνουσίας ἢχονημένος πρὸς πᾶσαν χαχίαν οἱστρᾷ, καὶ πίστιν οὐκ οἵδεν, ἀλλ᾽ ἐπ᾽ ἀδικίας ἀδείᾳ () χέχρηται τοῖς ὄρχοις (σπένδεται γὰρ, χαὶ μένει ἀχήρυχτος " συνθῆχας ποιεῖται χαὶ λύει" ὄμνυστι καὶ πανουργίας ἐφόδιον ἔχει τοὺς ὄρχους ()) ἀλλά γε ὁ τοῦτον συγχροτῶν, παρ᾽ ἐμοὶ χριτῇ, νῦν μὲν χαρποῦται τῶν χαχιῶν τὴν αἰτίαν: ὕστερον δὲ χαὶ τῆς δίχης τὸ πλέον χαρπώ- σεται.
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From: Isidore of Pelusium, monk
To: An unnamed person
Date: ~410 AD
Context: Isidore writes on matters of scripture.
Scripture speaks with precision to those who read carefully. But it punishes those who read carelessly by allowing them to construct elaborate errors from fragments of truth.
Modern English rendering for readability. See the 19th-century translation or original Latin/Greek for scholarly use.