Letter 3020: You've chosen the easier topic.
Elegisti materiam proniorem. adcommodatior est enim querellae oratio humana
quam gratiae. qua causa factum puto, ut me taciturnitatis incesjseris, cum perpetem
curam dandae et reddendae salutis adnitar. quod quidem me libente fecisti. nam
qui alteri culpae ducit officii neglegentiam, pollicetur de se operam promptiorem. ex-
to postulatio igitur tua instar est sponsionis. non meditabor nova verba, non excogitabo
sententias: si peccatum silendo contraxeris, tuis tantum litteris argueris. vale.
XXI a. 380.
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Ambrose, Bishop, to the Emperor Theodosius.
In this letter Jerome defends himself against the charge of having altered the text of Scripture, and shows that he has merely brought the Latin Version of the N.T. into agreement with the Greek original. Written at Rome 384 A.D.
Justice, admittedly, doesn't need an advocate.
What am I to do? You say you want complaints, but everything you do deserves praise.
My son is out of danger, thank God, but he's suffering from a weakness that borders on illness.