Letter 68: I wanted to invite you to the feast of the holy apostles and prophets -- not only as a fellow citizen, but as one...
To Epiphanius,
I wanted to invite you to the feast of the holy apostles and prophets -- not only as a fellow citizen, but as one who shares both my faith and my home. But the state of your opinions prevents me from doing that.
So I set aside every claim except that of our common homeland, and I invite you to share in the precious blessing of the holy apostles and prophets. No difference of belief need stand in the way of that.
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