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. CC.
[200] ΤΩΙ ΑΥΤΩΙ
Ἐποίεις μὲν ἡμῖν καὶ τὴν ἀρχὴν φιλοσοφίαν, καὶ οἶδ' ὅτι ποιήσεις, εἴ γε τῷ Θεῷ μέλει τῶν ἡμετέρων. Ὅμως δὲ κράτιστον ἦν νῦν συγγενέσθαι σοι, ἡνίκα σχολὴν ἄγεις, ὅπερ ἐπόθεις, ἀπὸ τῶν δημοσίων, καὶ καθ' ἡσυχίαν ἔξεστι τῆς σῆς ἀπολαύειν συνέσεως, ἧς ὀλίγα μετασχόντες, καὶ ὅσα γε ἀστραπῆς τῆς ὄψει μὴ κρατουμένης, τοῦ πλείονος διημάρτομεν. Ἀλλὰ τοῦτο εὔξασθαι μὲν μέγα, λαβεῖν δὲ οὐ ῥᾷστον, οὕτως ἔχοντος ἡμῖν, ὥσπερ ἔχει, τοῦ σώματος. Εἰ μὲν οὖν καὶ τούτου τύχοιμεν, τὸ πᾶν ἕξομεν (καὶ γάρ τινα καὶ χρεωστεῖς ἡμῖν συνουσίαν ἐξ ὑποσχέσεως περὶ τοῦ λόγου τοῦ καθ' ἡμᾶς, ἥν πως ἀτελῆ κατέλιπες): εἰ δὲ μή, αὐτοὶ μὲν τὴν ζημίαν οἴσομεν ἄκοντες. Σὺ δὲ ἴσθι μεθ' ἡμῶν ὤν, ὅπουπερ ἂν ᾖς, καὶ ὁδηγοῖο ταῖς ἡμετέραις εὐχαῖς. Καὶ αὐτὸς δὲ ἴσθι παρ' ἡμῖν μένων, ἕως ἂν ἐμπνέωμεν, οἷς σαυτὸν ἐνέγραψας, οὐδεμιᾶς στήλης ἀτιμοτέροις, καὶ ἔτι μᾶλλον ἐγγράψεις, ἐπειδὰν γένῃ Θεοῦ καὶ σαφῶς ἡμέτερος, ἢ σοί γε ἡμεῖς, εἰ τοῦτο λέγεσθαι ἥδιον.