Letter 457: I myself fell ill during the summer; Albanius during the autumn.
Εὐσεβίῳ. (355/56)
Αὐτὸς μὲν ἠρρώστησα τοῦ θέρους, Ἀλβάνιος δὲ τοῦ
φθινοπώρου.. τοῦ καμεῖν δὲ ἀμφοῖν αἴτιος ὁ περὶ τοὺς λόγους
πόνος.
σὺ δ’ εἴ τις ἡμᾶς οἰόμενος ἐνθένδε ἀναστήσεσθαι
μέλλει, πεῖθε τοῦτον ὅτι μενοῦμεν τῶν τε κρατούντων ἐφιέν-
των καί τινος ἡμῖν ἐξευρημένης ὁδοῦ, δι’ ἧς καὶ ἀκόντων
μένειν ὑπάρξει.
Related Letters
(Eusebius having replied to the former letter Gregory wrote again, having an opportunity of communicating with his friend through one Eupraxius, a disciple of Eusebius, who passed through Cappadocia on his way to visit his master. This letter is sometimes attributed to Basil.) Our reverend brother Eupraxius has always been dear to me and a true ...
You wrote what a father naturally would, but your letter has not made me any better.
(Another letter to Eusebius on the same subject.) To Eusebius, My Excellent Lord and Brother, Worthy of Affection and Esteem, Augustine Sends Greeting. 1. I did not impose upon you, by importunate exhortation or entreaty in spite of your reluctance, the duty, as you call it, of arbitrating between bishops.
I have written to you before and I greet you again now.
We take refuge at the same Athena on the same kind of business.