Eustathius, of Sebasteia
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The people who say I've fallen far from real eloquence are actually agreeing with me and disagreeing with you.
I address you by the very honourable and reverend brother Petrus, beseeching you now and ever to pray for me, that I may be changed from ways dangerous and to be shunned, and may be made one day worthy of the name of Christ. Though I say nothing, you will converse together about my affairs, and he will give you an exact account of what has taken...
Orphanhood is, I know, very dismal, and entails a great deal of work, because it deprives us of those who are set over us. Whence I conclude that you do not write to me, because you are depressed at what has happened to you, and at the same time are now very much occupied in visiting the folds of Christ, because they are attacked on every side b...
I gladly accept the accusation, though I have no trouble disproving it.
The story of the noble Mary belongs in a tragedy.
GELASIUS TO COUNT TEIA