Letter 292
To Severus, a Leading Citizen.
An Ethiopian does not change his skin, nor a leopard her spots [Jeremiah 13:23]; but you, if you are willing, will be able both to be set free from your dark-hued disposition and to wash away the marks of your manifold wickedness.
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Latin / Greek Original
Αἰθίοψ μὲν οὐκ ἀλλάττει τὸ δέρμα, οὐδὲ πάρδαλις τὰ ποικίλματα αὐτῆς· σὺ δὲ δυνήσῃ ἐὰν θελήσῃ, καὶ τῆς σκοτοειδοῦς ἀπαλλαγῆναι γνώμης, καὶ τὰ στίγματα τῆς πολυμόρφου ἐκπλύνασθαι κακίας.
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- 2026-05-27v2.2.34-import
Initial corpus import from modern nilus ancyra workflow v1.
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