Letter 1632: The spiritual life is a journey with a beginning, a middle, and an end.
Ῥιυοτγί8. οἰἰαπιηυπὶ (πο γ5 ἀς οὶ οχοο θη Δ6 ῬγοΟΥΪ θη, ροβίθα ( νἱγίυϊ ργϑοαρία δυηῖὶ ἰη56- “ τοηῦα, υἱ φγδιΐογοβ δι [μοι ἴῃ υἱγοόβάια [8πὶ [ογπλδιΐ, οὐαὶ θ6ὶ Οριϊηιὶ Μαχίηνὶ δπιδηίοβ, ἰὑπὶ ῬΓΘΟ εἰ ἀναιδηὶ νἱγιιο. ΟΥ͂Ὶ],. -- ΖΟΘΙΜῸ ΡΒΕΒΒΥΎΤΕΠΟ. γέδα νοτεοιπαάς ρεγείτ πσοπᾶα. (ϑαρν. ἐρὶει. ἀν.) Ἐχρῆν μὲν νεανιχώτερον ἐχτραγῳδηθῆναι τὰς σὰς πράξεις, τάχα χἂν οὕτως ἐρυθριάσαις “ ἀλλ᾽ ἐπειδὴ οὐ χρὴ τοὺς σεμνότητος ἀντιποιουμένους μο- λύνειν ἑαυτῶν τὰς γλώττας, τάχιστα χαὶ εὐπρε- πέστατα λελέξεται, ὅτι μεγάλων χαχῶν αἵἴτιαί εἰσιν αἱ μετὰ γαστέρα ἡδοναί.
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