Letter 71
To the same man.
Do not be disheartened; for to you also, now that you have believed in Christ who was born from the seed of Abraham [cf. Galatians 3:16; Romans 1:3], a spiritual inheritance has been given. For the God of the ever-remembered patriarchs has become your God.
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Latin / Greek Original
Μὴ ἀθυμήσης· καὶ γὰρ καὶ σοὶ δέδοται πιστεύ- σαντι τῷ ἐκ σπέρματος Ἀβραὰμ γεγεννημένῳ Χρι- στῷ, κλῆρος νοητός. Θεὸς γάρ σου γέγονεν ὁ Θεὸς τῶν ἀειμνήστων πατριαρχῶν.
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