Letter 10060: I write to you from a Rome that is, in the literal sense, less Roman than the Rome I grew up in; the changes are...

You sent over everything from the birthday feast — every dish and delicacy made its way to us.

Replying to the preceding letter Jerome again congratulates Theophilus on the success of his efforts to put down Origenism, and informs him that they have already borne fruit as far west as Italy. He then asks him for the decrees of his council (held recently at Alexandria). The date of the letter is 400 A.D.

I was delighted by the letter, by what was in it, and by the fact that, seized by necessity, you resorted to the...

1. I Would not presume, even in playful discussion, to attack the philosophers of the Academy; for when could the authority of such eminent men fail to move me, did I not believe their views to be widely different from those commonly ascribed to them? Instead of confuting them, which is beyond my power, I have rather imitated them to the best o...

The first favors were enough for me -- when you saved Maximus's household and honored his son with no small...