Letter 406
Nilus of Ancyra→Amphilochius|c. 415 AD|nilus ancyra|From Ancyra|AI-assisted
To Amphilochius the Monk.
Why are you dismayed, pricked by the spirit of blasphemy? Remember that the blessed David, as soon as he was anointed with the mystical oil [the anointing by Samuel, 1 Samuel 16], straightway found Saul to be a plotter against him as well.
Τί πτοῇ, ὑπὸ τοῦ πνεύματος τῆς βλασφημίας κεντούμενος; Μνήσθητι ὅτι κριθεὶς ὁ μακάριος Δαυῒδ τῷ μυστικῷ ἐλαίῳ, εὐθὺς τὸν Σαοὺλ, καὶ ἐπίβουλον ηὗρεν.
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To Amphilochius the Monk.
Why are you dismayed, pricked by the spirit of blasphemy? Remember that the blessed David, as soon as he was anointed with the mystical oil [the anointing by Samuel, 1 Samuel 16], straightway found Saul to be a plotter against him as well.
AI-assisted translation - This translation was produced with AI assistance and has not been peer-reviewed.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
Τί πτοῇ, ὑπὸ τοῦ πνεύματος τῆς βλασφημίας κεντούμενος; Μνήσθητι ὅτι κριθεὶς ὁ μακάριος Δαυῒδ τῷ μυστικῷ ἐλαίῳ, εὐθὺς τὸν Σαοὺλ, καὶ ἐπίβουλον ηὗρεν.
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