Letter 202: (An important letter on the Apollinarian controversy has already been given above.) 7. To Theodore, Bishop of Tyana (Theodore, a native of Arianzus, and an intimate friend of Gregory, accompanied him to Constantinople a.d. 379, and shared his persecution by the Arians, who broke into their church during the celebration of the divine liturgy, and...
Ep. CCII.
(An important letter on the Apollinarian controversy has already been given above.)
7. To Theodore, Bishop of Tyana
(Theodore, a native of Arianzus, and an intimate friend of Gregory, accompanied him to Constantinople a.d. 379, and shared his persecution by the Arians, who broke into their church during the celebration of the divine liturgy, and pelted the clergy with stones. Theodore could not bring himself to put up with this, and declared his intention of prosecuting the aggressors. Gregory wrote the following letter to dissuade him from this course, by showing him how much more noble it is to forgive than to revenge.)
Modern English rendering for readability. See the 19th-century translation or original Latin/Greek for scholarly use.
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