Theodora
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To the priestess Theodora.
To the most reverend Theodora.
I received your letter telling me of the beautiful and blessed promises and gifts the gods have given us.
I should be more diligent in writing to you but for my belief that my letters do not always, my friend, reach your own hands. I am afraid that through the naughtiness of those on whose service I depend, especially at a time like this when the whole world is in a state of confusion, a great many other people get hold of them. So I wait to be foun...
Theodora the wife of the learned Spaniard Lucinius (for whom see Letter LXXI.) had recently lost her husband, a bereavement which suggested the present letter. In it Jerome recounts the many virtues of Lucinius and especially his zeal in resisting the gnostic heresy of Marcus which during his life was prevalent in Spain. The date of the letter i...
VARIAE, BOOK 10, LETTER 10
I received Your Piety's letter with the gratitude that always accompanies something long desired, and I was honored...
You must appreciate, wisest of Augustas, how eagerly I wish to seek your favor — which my lord husband also desires...
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When the most learned Peter arrived, the love of Your Serenity so filled me that I felt I was seeing you in person,...