Letter 152: Injustice is always bad.
To those who preside [the presiding clergy].
Let the healing of the soul's wounds proceed with all exactness. For wounds that have only skinned over on the surface [while festering beneath], as a rule, tend to break open again.
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Latin / Greek Original
Πρὸς προσεστῶτας.
Διὰ πάσης ἀκριβείας χωρείτω τῶν ψυχικῶν τραυμάτων ἡ θεραπεία. Τὰ γὰρ ὕπουλα, ὡς τὰ πολλά, ἀναστομοῦσθαι φιλεῖ.
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Fields: letter text, metadata, source links. Source: https://archive.org/details/PatrologiaGraeca (PG vol.78)
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