Letter 1090: The spiritual life is a journey with a beginning, a middle, and an end.
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On "Do not practice your righteousness before others to be seen by them" [Matthew 6:1].
I wrote to you before about the proper use of legal knowledge, Theodosius.
Cyprian had visited Jerome at Bethlehem and had asked him to write an exposition of Psalm XC. in simple language such as might be readily understood. With this request Jerome now complies, giving a very full account of the psalm, verse by verse, and bringing the treasures of his learning and especially his knowledge of Hebrew to bear upon it.
The spiritual life is a journey with a beginning, a middle, and an end.
Virtue must be practiced with all one's strength — not merely admired from a distance.