Letter 106: Through these godly bishops I greet you.
Letter 106
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To Abraham the Œconomus.
By the godly bishops I salute you. I beseech you to give heed to the churches' calm, and to disperse the waves of calumny. Whatsoever a man sows that shall he also reap, as says the divine Apostle. Without doubt then he who fights for the apostolic doctrines shall reap the fruit of the apostolic blessing and enjoy the Apostles' devotion.
Modern English rendering for readability. See the 19th-century translation or original Latin/Greek for scholarly use.
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