Letter 202: I will not pass judgment, and I will not condemn, a man whom I have never heard speak and never met in person.
Isidore of Pelusium→Retheus|c. 406 AD|Isidore of Pelusium
monasticism
ΝΟ ἰέπιότο ἀὁ αἰϊο μαἀϊσαπάμηι. Ἐγὼ οὐ χαταψηφιοῦμαι, οὔτε χαταποφανοῦμαι ἀνδρὸς, οὗ μήτε ἀχροατὴς ἐγενόμην, μήτε διχαατής" εἰ δὲ κρινόμενος ἁλοίη, τὸ τηνικαῦτα ἡ κατ᾽ αὐτοῦ ἐξενεχθήσεται Ψῆφος. ᾿
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ΝΟ ἰέπιότο ἀὁ αἰϊο μαἀϊσαπάμηι. Ἐγὼ οὐ χαταψηφιοῦμαι, οὔτε χαταποφανοῦμαι ἀνδρὸς, οὗ μήτε ἀχροατὴς ἐγενόμην, μήτε διχαατής" εἰ δὲ κρινόμενος ἁλοίη, τὸ τηνικαῦτα ἡ κατ᾽ αὐτοῦ ἐξενεχθήσεται Ψῆφος. ᾿
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