Letter 270
Nilus of Ancyra→Februarius|c. 415 AD|nilus ancyra|From Ancyra|AI-assisted
To Februarius the Deacon.
Do not greedily seek out for me the broad ways of life; rather, set your will to search out the narrow and afflicted path [an allusion to Matthew 7:14, "narrow is the way that leads to life"].
Μὴ τὰ πλάτη τοῦ βίου λήχνως μοι περιζήτει· μᾶλ-
λον δὲ τὴν στενήν, καὶ τεθλιμμένην ἀτραπὸν μα-
στεύειν βουλήθητι.
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To Februarius the Deacon.
Do not greedily seek out for me the broad ways of life; rather, set your will to search out the narrow and afflicted path [an allusion to Matthew 7:14, "narrow is the way that leads to life"].
AI-assisted translation - This translation was produced with AI assistance and has not been peer-reviewed. See the 19th-century translation or original Latin/Greek below for scholarly use.
Latin / Greek Original
Μὴ τὰ πλάτη τοῦ βίου λήχνως μοι περιζήτει· μᾶλ-
λον δὲ τὴν στενήν, καὶ τεθλιμμένην ἀτραπὸν μα-
στεύειν βουλήθητι.
Revision history
- 2026-05-27v2.2.34-import
Initial corpus import from modern nilus ancyra workflow v1.
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