Letter 63
For now, I'm sending what seemed enough to honor our friendship, given both your busy schedule and the courier's haste. On another occasion, I'll have both the opportunity and the inclination for a longer letter.
May the gods grant our hopes and place the safety of the republic on firm ground! Then I'll be more disposed to write things you'll enjoy reading, and to read things you've written in a more relaxed state of mind. Farewell.
Modern English rendering for readability. See the 19th-century translation or original Latin/Greek for scholarly use.
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An exultant letter from Epiphanius in which he describes the success of his council (convened at the suggestion of Theophilus), sends Jerome a copy of its synodical letter. and urges him to go on with his work of translating into Latin documents bearing on the Origenistic controversy. Written in 400 A.D.