Letter 456: Do not think you need only to be above reproach, Arabianus.
Isidore of Pelusium→Arabianus the Bishop|c. 411 AD|Isidore of Pelusium
monasticism
Περὶ τοῦ ὁποῖος ἂν ἡ ἄριστος ἱερεύς. Μὴ μόνον μέμψεως χρείττονα οἵου δεῖν εἶναι σαυτὸν, ἀλλὰ χαὶ ἐπαίνων ἔμπλεων" τὸ μὲν γὰρ χαὶ τῶν τυχόντων ἐστὶ, τὸ δὲ τῶν ἄχρων εἰς ἀρετήν. Μ΄. -- ΕΥ̓ΔΑΙΜΟΝῚ ΔΙΆΚΟΝΩ. Περὶ αὐταρκείας. Βδρόγι ΡῈΓΡ δυῃιη)8πὶ ρου] Δη( ) σοπίι : ΠΟίδΙη ᾿μ : ρ υγίηΐ ᾿ΝΟΙ ἐπ , " εἰσ ΟἸ ) , ἃ ( Οἰἶδει)δὶ, 'η ] ΕΥ πη . ὁδιγ η- ) δοζορογίηι. ὕιἋ ἰρίιαν Δ0 οὐ θυ5 [ π8 οχ δ γὶ5 ( δ ἢ ΟρΡ᾿Ο) ἴδς τοΐρδαιν ΠοβοὶΒ.
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Περὶ τοῦ ὁποῖος ἂν ἡ ἄριστος ἱερεύς. Μὴ μόνον μέμψεως χρείττονα οἵου δεῖν εἶναι σαυτὸν, ἀλλὰ χαὶ ἐπαίνων ἔμπλεων" τὸ μὲν γὰρ χαὶ τῶν τυχόντων ἐστὶ, τὸ δὲ τῶν ἄχρων εἰς ἀρετήν. Μ΄. -- ΕΥ̓ΔΑΙΜΟΝῚ ΔΙΆΚΟΝΩ. Περὶ αὐταρκείας. Βδρόγι ΡῈΓΡ δυῃιη)8πὶ ρου] Δη( ) σοπίι : ΠΟίδΙη ᾿μ : ρ υγίηΐ ᾿ΝΟΙ ἐπ , " εἰσ ΟἸ ) , ἃ ( Οἰἶδει)δὶ, 'η ] ΕΥ πη . ὁδιγ η- ) δοζορογίηι. ὕιἋ ἰρίιαν Δ0 οὐ θυ5 [ π8 οχ δ γὶ5 ( δ ἢ ΟρΡ᾿Ο) ἴδς τοΐρδαιν ΠοβοὶΒ.
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