Letter 2018: The greatest fulfillment of our longing comes when our eager hopes learn that the magnificent state of your devotion...
Avitus episcopus viro illustrissimo Messiano.
Maximus desiderio nostro cumulus optata gaudiorum ubertate confertur, si magni-
ficum vestrae pietatis statum florenti prosperitate pollentem avida sollicitudinis nostrae
vota cognoverint: quia hoc proventibus nostris compendio indubitatae felicitatis ad-
crescit, quicquid clementiae vestrae caelestium beneficiorum pietas diffusa contulerit.
Nam in eo metimur felicibus incrementis nostrum prosperari successum, in quo actionis
vestrae crescit sine fine suffragium. Qua propter honorificum salve persolvens quaeso,
ut cupimus, si felicia cuncta erga vos geruntur, magnitudo vestra percurrentis pa-
ginae eloquio pandendo perdoceat.
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