Letter 224: The cross of Christ stands as the measure against which everything else is evaluated — in this world, and in the one...
δοιογηππὶ ΟΥγιοϊδθυγ. Ουοά οι οὐδ ἐνὶ ὁγυοίδηι ἰη δἰιογα γῆ Δ, νἱάθ ἰη ἰθγγὰ ρῬυηΐ!ο οἱ Ρυηΐοπάος, οἱ ραάση ΠῈΓ ΟΣ Ὀάγϑι ΓΟ Εἰ] ἀ ηἷ. ΟΟΟΧΙΥ͂ΙΙ. --- ΑὈΤΡΙΟ ΕΡΙΒΟΟΘΡΟ. ᾿Απόνοια μπᾶ ἀἰεία εἰ Νουθεσία. Ἐπειδὴ χαὶ ἡ ἀπόνοια τῆς συμμετρίας χαὶ τοῦ δέοντος ἐχπεσοῦσα, χαὶ ἄπο, τουτέστι, πόῤῥω τοῦ γοῦ γιγομόγη, δι ὃ χαὶ ἀπόνοια λέγεται, ἀλαζονείαν ἐργάζεται, τὴν νουθεσίαν παραληπτέον, ἧπερ εἴρηται παρὰ τὴν τοῦ νοῦ θέσιν. Τάχα πως ἀχούσαντες οἵ τοιοῦτοι, ἔνθεσθε χαρδίαν, εἰς ταπεινοφροσύνην ἀσμένως βαδίσωσιν.
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