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chrysostom · c. 405 · score 0.02
Moreover she besought me to take refuge in her house, which had a fortress and was impregnable, that I might escape the hands of the bishop and monks. This however I could not be induced to do, but remained in the villa, knowing nothing of the plans which were devised after these things. For even then they were not con …
chrysostom · c. 405 · score 0.02
The tribune, having heard this, took the soldiers which he had and went out. For they were afraid lest the enemy should make an assault also upon the city, and all were in terror, and in an agony of alarm the very soil of their country being in jeopardy, so that even the old men undertook the defense of the walls. Whil …
chrysostom · c. 405 · score 0.02
Then the mule which carried my litter fell on its knees, the road being rugged, and steep and stony, and I who was inside was thrown down and narrowly escaped destruction, after which I dismounted, and was dragged along on foot, being held fast by Evethius the presbyter (for he also had alighted from his mule), and so …
chrysostom · c. 405 · score 0.02
What need to make a long story? Although such great terrors were imminent, and death well near a certainty, and the fever was oppressing me (for I had not yet got relief from the troubles arising from that cause) I flung myself at high noon into the litter, and was carried out from there, all the people shrieking and h …
ambrose_milan · c. 393 · score 0.02
And David too, when he held the kingdom and heard that innocent Abner had been killed by Joab, his army commander, said: "I am guiltless, and my kingdom is guiltless from this day forward of the blood of Abner, son of Ner," and he fasted in grief. 11. I have written this not to humiliate you, but so that the examples o …
epistulae_austrasicae · c. 534 · score 0.02
To the most august and ever-victorious Emperor Justinian, greetings in Christ from Theudebert, king of the Franks, The God who rules over kings has granted me the inheritance of my father's throne, and my first duty in assuming that inheritance is to secure the friendships that my father valued. Among those friendships …
chrysostom · c. 405 · score 0.01
To My Lady The most reverend and divinely favored deaconess Olympias, I John, Bishop, send greeting in the Lord. 1. Come now let me relieve the wound of your despondency, and disperse the thoughts which gather this cloud of care around you. For what is it which upsets your mind, and why are you sorrowful and dejected? …
chrysostom · c. 405 · score 0.01
It follows therefore that you should deem this the greatest encouragement, and the crown of your consolation. Do not call your household desolate, which has now a higher place assigned to it in Heaven by reason of the sufferings which it endures. I was grievously distressed on account of Pelagius the monk. Consider the …
chrysostom · c. 405 · score 0.01
Now when I heard these things I did not expect that any of them would really take place, but formed an impression in my own mind precisely the reverse: but of this I said nothing to any of those who brought me this message. 2. Now when I arrived late one evening at Cæsarea, in an exhausted and worn-out condition, being …
chrysostom · c. 405 · score 0.01
I beg you not to neglect what I am about to say, but to pay diligent heed to it. The Marsian and Gothic monks where the Bishop Serapion has constantly been concealed have informed me that Moduarius the deacon has come bringing word that Unilas, that excellent bishop whom I lately ordained and sent into Gothia, has been …
symmachus · c. 372 · score 0.01
When I was surveying in writing the civil and military achievements of our lord Theodosius [Emperor Theodosius I, r. 379-395] -- I confess I touched on everything rather than doing justice to each -- I included his laws among the blessings of peace. I had known they had stripped the ancients of their claim to admiratio …
ambrose_milan · c. 393 · score 0.01
Yet I would rather have died than not wait two or three days for your arrival. But it was not possible for me to do so. 6. What was done in the city of Thessalonica [the massacre of approximately 7,000 people in the hippodrome in retaliation for the murder of the Gothic military commander Butheric] has no parallel in r …
ambrose_milan · c. 393 · score 0.01
I dare not offer the sacrifice [the Eucharist] if you intend to be present. Is what is not permitted after shedding the blood of one innocent person, permitted after shedding the blood of many? I do not think so. 14. Finally, I am writing with my own hand what only you may read. As I hope that the Lord will deliver me …
chrysostom · c. 405 · score 0.01
To Olympias Do not be anxious on my behalf, nor rack yourself with solicitude, on account of the severity of the winter, and the weakness of my digestion, and the incursions of the Isaurians. For the winter is only what it is wont to be in Armenia; nothing more need be said about it; and it does not very seriously inju …
chrysostom · c. 405 · score 0.01
Yet I have survived all these things, and now I am in sound health, and great security, so that all Armenians are astonished that with such a feeble and flimsy frame as mine I can support such an intolerable amount of cold, or that I can breathe at all, when those who are habituated to the winter are suffering from it …
ambrose_milan · c. 389 · score 0.01
Ambrose, Bishop, to the most merciful prince and most blessed Emperor Theodosius. I am always burdened with cares, most blessed Emperor, but I have never been in such distress as now — because I see that I must guard against anything that could be charged to me as sacrilege. I beg you: hear me patiently. If I am unwort …
chrysostom · c. 405 · score 0.01
For since he had been an enemy and adversary what he wrote was above suspicion even in the opinion of enemies. 3. Do you see the abundance of resource belonging to God? His wisdom, His extraordinary power, His loving-kindness and care? Be not therefore dismayed or troubled but continue to give thanks to God for all thi …
ambrose_milan · c. 388 · score 0.01
Ambrose, Bishop, to the most merciful prince and most blessed Emperor Theodosius. I am constantly burdened with cares, most blessed Emperor, but I have never been in such distress as now. I see that I must take every precaution against anything that might be charged to me as approaching sacrilege. I beg you: hear me wi …
chrysostom · c. 405 · score 0.01
For their father neither saw them laid upon abed, nor kissed their hands, nor heard their last words, nor touched their hands and knees, nor did he shut their mouths, or close their eyes when they were about to die, acts which tend not a little to console parents who are being parted from their children; neither did he …
cassiodorus · c. 522 · score 0.01
I understand that your Serenity's favor is richer than any gift, since you urge me to do things that can only benefit my own soul. Such is always the wish of one who loves — that you want us to perform acts of mercy that commend us to divine power. Therefore I report to Your Glory that the convent of God's handmaids, w …
ambrose_milan · c. 393 · score 0.01
Addressed to the Emperor Theodosius [Theodosius I, 379-395] after the massacre at Thessalonica [in 390 AD, Theodosius ordered a retaliatory massacre in the city's hippodrome after a popular riot killed his military commander; approximately 7,000 men, women, and children were slaughtered]. Ambrose states his reasons for …
ambrose_milan · c. 389 · score 0.01
Either way, the church loses. Is that your intention? I am not saying that the synagogue should have been burned. I am saying that the remedy you have chosen is worse than the offense. Punish the rioters, if you must — but do not compel a bishop to rebuild with his own money a place where Christ is blasphemed. That is …
isidore_pelusium · c. 391 · score 0.01
To Makarios the Bishop. Each person who has suffered misfortune is worthy of mercy and pity when he laments his own calamities. But if he turns to slandering and harassing others, he loses, as you know, the compassion due to his misfortune; for he is no longer judged worthy of pity but of hatred, abusing his misfortune …
chrysostom · c. 405 · score 0.01
Are you not aware how great an evil despondency is? As to the Isaurians, dismiss your fears in future concerning them: for they have returned into their own country: and the governor has done everything necessary in this respect; and I am in far greater security here than when I was in Cæsarea. For in future I have no …
chrysostom · c. 405 · score 0.01
I find my lord the Bishop here and my lord Dioscorus are constantly employed in providing for my refreshment. And the good Patricius will tell you that as far as my sojourn here is concerned I pass my time cheerfully and gladly, surrounded by attention. But if you lament the events which occurred in Cæsarea, here again …