Letter II. To Theodosius and the Rest of the Anchorites.
Letter III. To Rufinus the Monk.
Letter VI. To Julian, a Deacon of Antioch.
Letter VII. To Chromatius, Jovinus, and Eusebius.
Letter VIII. To Niceas, Sub-Deacon of Aquileia.
Letter IX. To Chrysogonus, a Monk of Aquileia.
Letter X. To Paul, an Old Man of Concordia.
Letter XI. To the Virgins of Æmona.
Letter XIII. To Castorina, His Maternal Aunt.
Letter XIV. To Heliodorus, Monk.
Letter XVII. To the Presbyter Marcus.
Letter XVIII. To Pope Damasus.
Letter XIX. From Pope Damasus.
Letter XXXV. From Pope Damasus.
Letter XXXVI. To Pope Damasus.
Letter XLVI. Paula and Eustochium to Marcella.
Letter LI. From Epiphanius, Bishop of Salamis, in Cyprus, to John, Bishop of Jerusalem.
Letter LVII. To Pammachius on the Best Method of Translating.
Letter LXII. To Tranquillinus.
Letter LXX. To Magnus an Orator of Rome.
Letter LXXIV. To Rufinus of Rome.
Letter LXXX. From Rufinus to Macarius.
Letter LXXXII. To Theophilus Bishop of Alexandria.
Letter LXXXIII. From Pammachius and Oceanus.
Letter LXXXIV. To Pammachius and Oceanus.
Letter LXXXVII. From Theophilus to Jerome.
Letter LXXXVIII. To Theophilus.
Letter LXXXIX. From Theophilus to Jerome.
Letter XC. From Theophilus to Epiphanius.
Letter XCI. From Epiphanius to Jerome.
Letter XCII. The Synodical Letter of Theophilus to the Bishops of Palestine and of Cyprus.
Letter XCIII. From the Bishops of Palestine to Theophilus.
Letter XCIV. From Dionysius to Theophilus.
Letter XCV. From Pope Anastasius to Simplicianus.
Letter XCVII. To Pammachius and Marcella.
Letter XCVIII. From Theophilus.
Letter CVI. To Sunnias and Fretela.
Letter CXI. From Augustine to Præsidius.
Letter CXIII. From Theophilus to Jerome.
Letter CXVII. To a Mother and Daughter Living in Gaul.
Letter CXIX. To Minervius and Alexander.
Letter CXXVI. To Marcellinus and Anapsychia.
Letter CXXVIII. To Gaudentius.
Letter CXXXII. From Augustine.
Letter CXXXV. From Pope Innocent to Aurelius.
Letter CXXXVI. From Pope Innocent to Jerome.
Letter CXXXVII. From Pope Innocent to John, Bishop of Jerusalem.
Letter CXL. To Cyprian the Presbyter.
Letter CXLIII. To Alypius and Augustine.
Letter XII. To Antony, Monk.
The subject of this letter is similar to that of the preceding. Of Antony nothing is known except that some mss. describe him as “of Æmona.” The date of the letter is 374 a.d.
While the disciples were disputing concerning precedence our Lord, the teacher of humility, took a little child and said: “Except ye be converted and become as little children ye cannot enter the kingdom of heaven.” 1 Matt. xviii. 3. And lest He should seem to preach more than he practised, He fulfilled His own precept in His life. For He washed His disciples’ feet, 2 Joh. xiii. 5. he received the traitor with a kiss, 3 Luke xxii. 47. He conversed with the woman of Samaria, 4 Joh. iv. 7. He spoke of the kingdom of heaven with Mary at His feet, 5 Luke vii. 40 sqq.: the heroine of this story is identified by Jerome with Mary Magdalene. and when He rose again from the dead He showed Himself first to some poor women. 6 Matt. xxviii. 1, 9. Pride is opposed to humility, and through it Satan lost his eminence as an archangel. The Jewish people perished in their pride, for while they claimed the chief seats and salutations in the market place, 7 Matt. xxiii. 6, 7. they were superseded by the Gentiles, who had before been counted as “a drop of a bucket.” 8 Isa. xl. 15. Two poor fishermen, Peter and James, were sent to confute the sophists and the wise men of the world. As the Scripture says: “God resisteth the proud and giveth grace to the humble.” 9 1 Pet. v. 5. Think, brother, what a sin it must be which has God for its opponent. In the Gospel the Pharisee is rejected because of his pride, and the publican is accepted because of his humility. 10 Luke xviii. 9 sqq.
Now, unless I am mistaken, I have already sent you ten letters, affectionate and earnest, whilst you have not deigned to give me even a single line. The Lord speaks to His servants, but you, my brother servant, refuse to speak to me. Believe me, if reserve did not check my pen, I could show my annoyance in such invective that you would have to reply—even though it might be in anger. But since anger is human, and a Christian must not act injuriously, I fall back once more on entreaty, and beg you to love one who loves you, and to write to him as a servant should to his fellow-servant. Farewell in the Lord.