Letter 8: That it is necessary that the labor of spiritual discipline[34] be moderate[35].

Isidore of PelusiumThe same inquirer|c. 391 AD|Isidore of Pelusium
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That it is necessary that the labor of spiritual discipline[34] be moderate[35]. Just as the body that is healthy lacks a bruise, since it soothes the swelling of an injury[36], so also the body that is sick is in need of aid, and the soul that is downcast ruins the body, with the result that it must be illuminated by the divine commandments.[37] One, therefore, must take care of both. For when one of the two[38] is in want, sanctification[39] is difficult.

Modern English rendering for readability. See the 19th-century translation or original Latin/Greek for scholarly use.

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