Letter 354
To Demosthenes, Father of the City [pater poleos, a civic magistracy of the late Roman East].
If you do not love the blessed and truly divine words of Scripture, you will be likened to the senseless and irrational beasts.
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Latin / Greek Original
Εἰ μὴ τῶν μακαρίων, καὶ ὄντως θείων τῆς Γραφῆς λόγων ἐρᾷς, κτήνεσι τοῖς ἀνοήτοις καὶ ἀλογίστοις παρεικασθήσῃ.
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- 2026-05-27v2.2.34-import
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