Theodoret of Cyrrhus→Abraham Œconomus|c. 440 AD|theodoret cyrrhus
From: Theodoret, Bishop of Cyrrhus
To: Abraham, Oeconomus [church financial administrator]
Date: ~440 AD
Context: A very short appeal sent via traveling bishops, urging Abraham to work for peace and counter the slanders.
To Abraham the Oeconomus,
Through these godly bishops I greet you. I beg you to work for the calm of the churches and to scatter the waves of slander. "Whatever a man sows, that shall he also reap" [Galatians 6:7], as the divine apostle says. Without doubt, then, whoever fights for the apostolic teachings will reap the fruit of the apostolic blessing and share in the apostles' reward.
Letter 106
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To Abraham the Œconomus.
By the godly bishops I salute you. I beseech you to give heed to the churches' calm, and to disperse the waves of calumny. Whatsoever a man sows that shall he also reap, as says the divine Apostle. Without doubt then he who fights for the apostolic doctrines shall reap the fruit of the apostolic blessing and enjoy the Apostles' devotion.
Context:A very short appeal sent via traveling bishops, urging Abraham to work for peace and counter the slanders.
To Abraham the Oeconomus,
Through these godly bishops I greet you. I beg you to work for the calm of the churches and to scatter the waves of slander. "Whatever a man sows, that shall he also reap" [Galatians 6:7], as the divine apostle says. Without doubt, then, whoever fights for the apostolic teachings will reap the fruit of the apostolic blessing and share in the apostles' reward.
Modern English rendering for readability. See the 19th-century translation or original Latin/Greek for scholarly use.