5 surviving letters between Isidore of Pelusium and Orion, spanning c. 396–423.
That flattering companion, that dry and lifeless inflation, that empty and earthly glory — let it be banished from us.
The pleasures of the body are smooth-tongued and dangerously enchanting.
Since you asked what Paul means by "forbidding to marry and commanding to abstain from foods" [1 Timothy 4:3], know...
Anger is a fire: useful when controlled, devastating when unleashed.
Vice needs no teacher — it comes naturally to our fallen nature.