Letter 2044: The apostolic precepts remind us that to those from whom we receive divine gifts, we should offer earthly ones...
XXXXIIII. AD DOMNUM AMBROSIUM EPISCOPUM RURICIUS EPISCOPUS.
Apostolica praecepta nos commonent, ut, a quibus diuina
percipimus, eis terrena praebeamus. quod nos uel in hac dumtaxat
parte seruantes pro caelestibus epulis, quas nobis et sermone
uiuo et patrum tractatibus ministratis, legumina marina
transmisimus, per haec nil nos habere proprium conprobantes,
siquidem et a diuinis bonis sumus, quae uos tribuitis, peregrini
15] 2 Petr. 2, 22.
1 penitendi S 2 agendo v consumationem S 5 abdere v presentia
S uentura] finit add. S 7 rurici S, Ruricius v 8 diliciis S
11 tua S 12 diliciamur S sacieris S 13 mallo 8 14 terrenam S
animanti e scripsi, animanti ae S, animanti a Luetjohann 16 erectus
malit Kr . 17 mundalia v 21 nos ea: non 82 communent 81
23 aepulis S 24 ligumina S
et nos peregrina transmittimus. itaque, quia nos a marinis
caelestibus exulare et solis terrenis sedibus incubare cognoscimus,
a uobis specialius postulamus, ut haec aliena a nobis
libenter accipere et uestra nobis dignemini frequenter inpendere.
illud sit affectionis, hoc ministerii, illud doctrinae praestetur,
hoc gratiae.
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