Roman Letters

Letter 56: Festal greeting.

Theodoret of Cyrrhus→Unknown|c. 440 AD|Theodoret of Cyrrhus|Human translated
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Festal greeting.

My grief is now at its peak and weighs heavily on my mind. But I have thought it right to honor the custom of the feast, so I take up my pen to greet your reverence and pay the debt of affection.

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  1. 2026-03-20v2.1.0-import

    Initial corpus import from New Advent / NPNF.

    Fields: letter text, metadata, source links. Source: https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/2707056.htm

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