Ep. XVI. To Eusebius, Bishop of Cæsarea.
Ep. XVII. To Eusebius, Archbishop of Cæsarea.
Ep. XVIII. To Eusebius of Cæsarea.
Ep. XLI. To the People of Cæsarea, in His Father’s Name.
Ep. XLII. To Eusebius, Bishop of Samosata.
Ep. XLIX. To Basil. (The Praises of Quiet.)
Ep. LXIII. To Amphilochius the Elder.
Ep. CI. To Cledonius the Priest Against Apollinarius.
Ep. CII. Against Apollinarius The Second Letter to Cledonius.
Ep. CLIII. To Bosporius, Bishop of Colonia.
Ep. CLVII. To Theodore, Archbishop of Tyana.
Ep. CLXXI. To Amphilochius, Bishop of Iconium.
Ep. CXCVII. A Letter of Condolence on the Death of His Sister Theosebia.
Ep. CLV.
[155] ΑΣΤΕΡΙΩΙ
Τί τοῦτο πάσχομεν; οἴχεσθε καταλιπόντες ἡμᾶς, καὶ ἡμεῖς ἀρρωστοῦμεν, οὐδὲ τοσοῦτον παρὰ τοῦ φθόνου συγχωρηθέντες, ὅσον ἐφ' ὑμῖν τὰ προπεμπτήρια φθέγξασθαι. Ὢ τῆς ζημίας καὶ τῆς ἐπηρείας. Κινδυνεύω τι καὶ τολμηρὸν εἰπεῖν: τί λαβεῖν ἔδει τὸ ἀγαθόν, εἰ μὴ παραμένειν ἔμελλεν; Οὐ γὰρ τοσοῦτον εὐφραίνει παρὸν τῶν τερπνῶν οὐδὲ ἕν, ὅσον ἀνιᾷ χωριζόμενον. Τετιμήμεθα παρ' ὑμῶν, δεδοξάσμεθα, τῆς ἀρχῆς ἀπηλαύσαμεν, τῆς φιλανθρωπίας ἐνεφορήθημεν. Οὔτε γὰρ ἐπιλελήσμεθα τούτων, οὔτε ἐπιλησόμεθα: πρότερον ἡμῶν αὐτῶν ἢ ὑμῶν. Τί δὲ παρ' ἡμῶν ἀντὶ τούτων ὑμῖν; Τί δ' ἄλλο γε, ἢ ὧν ἔχομεν τὸ κάλλιστον; ἔχομεν δὲ τὰς εὐχάς, αἷς σώζοισθε καὶ εὐδοκιμοίητε. Καὶ πάλιν ἡμῖν ὀφθείητε, ἂν ἄρα τοσαύτης τύχωμεν τοῦ ζῆν προθεσμίας.