Letter 9: Most holy and wise prelate — may you enjoy a long and comfortable old age!
Letter 9: On a Paschal Letter
[1] To the Archbishop Theophilus
Most holy and wise prelate, may a long and comfortable old age await you! A great boon it were to us in other respects, the prolongation of your life; and the greatest contribution to Christian teaching is this series of Paschal letters, which grows as the years pass. [2] The one that you have this year sent us has both instructed and charmed our cities, as much by the grace of its language as by the grandeur of its thoughts.
Modern English rendering for readability. See the 19th-century translation or original Latin/Greek for scholarly use.
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