Letter 857: The spiritual life is a journey with a beginning, a middle, and an end.
Ἔοοιχας ἀγνοεῖν, ὅτι τὸ αὐτὸ ῥῆμα, καὶ τὸ αὐτὸ ὄνομα, χαὶ ὁ αὑτὸς λόγος, μὴ μετὰ τοῦ αὐτοῦ τόνου λεγόμενος, ποτὲ μὲν ἐμφαίνει λογισμοῦ, ποτὲ δὲ ὁρ- γῆς χαρπέν. ΤΒ', --- ΑΛΥΠΙΩ. Ὃ φίλος ὁ σὸς, παύσων τοὺς ὀνειδίσαντας αὑτῶν τὴν πρὸς σὲ γεγενημένην αὐτῷ μιχροψυχίαν, ἐχεῖσε ἀφῖχτο" ἮὮχε γὰρ τὴν νυνὶ φιλοφροσύνην () οὐ μό- γὸν χαλύψων, ἀλλὰ χαὶ σδέσων τὴν προλαδοῦσαν δυσμένειαν" δέδεξ. τοίνυν αὐτὸν ὑπτίαις χεροῖν ().
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