Letter 812: Prayer is not the manipulation of God but the alignment of our will with his.
With what eyes will you still look upon your own friends -- if indeed you have friends -- you who plotted against a man who was your benefactor and friend? For that man more fearlessly, as...
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Latin / Greek Original
Ποίοις ὀφθαλμοῖς εἰς τοὺς φίλους ἔτι τοὺς σαντοῦ, εἴ γ᾽ ἔχεις φίλους, βλέψεις, ἀνθρώπῳ εὐεργέτῃ καὶ φίλῳ ἐπιδουλεύσας; Ὁ μὲν γὰρ ἀδεέστερον (), ὡς ἐπυθόμην, συνῆν, ἀναμφισδήτητον ἐνέχυρον οἰόμενος ἔχειν τοῦ μηδὲν ἂν ἐξ ἑκιδουλῇς παθεῖν, τὸ τῆς εὐνοίας χαὶ τὸ τῆς εὐεργεσίας μέγεθος. Σὺ δὲ καὶ αὐτοὺς τοὺς θῆρας τῇ ἀγριότητι, χαὶ τῇ ὠμό- τητι νενίχηχας " εἰσὶ γὰρ ἐν αὐτοῖς οἵ χαὶ τοῖς εὐερ- γέταις χάριν ἴσασι () καὶ ἐναόρύνῃ τῷ χαχῷ. Πότε οὖν στήσῃ λοιπὸν χαταποντίζων τὴν σαυτοῦ ψυχὴν, τοῦ φέρεσθαι χάτω διηνεχῶς ἀνάγχην αὐτῇ ἐπι- τιθείς; π΄. -- ΕΥ̓ΤΟΝΙΩ ΔΙΑΚΟΝΩ. Ὃ τὴν εὐχαιρίαν τῶν πραγμάτων προδιδοὺς, τῆς τὧν χαλῶν ἐχπεσεῖται θήρας. Τίς γὰρ γεωργὸν ἀπο- ἤρὺγ. , ὅ.
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- 2026-03-20v2.1.0-import
Initial corpus import from Patrologia Graeca 78 OCR.
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