8 surviving letters between Erminos and Isidore of Pelusium, spanning c. 395–431.
You wrote asking why a certain man, when he comes among the poor, fails to do them any good despite having the means.
Even if the heresy of Montanus was unknown to you until now, as you write, it has long been known to the Church —...
You honor the Lord well by offering us the firstfruits of your harvest and tithing the produce of your land to the...
The cross — the very thing the idol-worshippers mocked — crucified their polytheistic delusion.
What is not lawful to do is not lawful to say.
The cross — foolishness to the world — is the power of God.
Virtue must be practiced with all one's strength — not merely admired from a distance.
The spiritual life is a journey with a beginning, a middle, and an end.