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Gregory of Nazianzus, Letters
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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. CCV.
[205] ΤΩΙ ΑΥΤΩΙ
Υἱὸς οὐκ ἀτιμάζεται, ἀλλ' οὐδὲ ἀπιστεῖται πατήρ. Διὰ τοῦτο μὴ ἀπιστήσῃς ἡμῖν ἀπολογουμένοις ὅτι ἀρρωστία καὶ ἀσχολία πνευματικὴ τὸ κωλῦσαν ἦν ἡμᾶς γενέσθαι μέχρι Ναυΐλων καὶ τῆς συνόδου μετασχεῖν, ἄλλως τε καὶ τοσαύτῃ σπουδῇ κεκλημένους, ἀλλ' οὐκ ὄκνος τις οὐδὲ περιφρόνησις, ὅπερ ἴσως ὑπέλαβες. Νῦν μὲν οὖν ἔτι τῇ ἀσθενείᾳ κρατούμεθα. Εἰ δὲ δοίη τὸ ὑγιαίνειν Θεός, καὶ τὴν ἀπολογίαν προσθήσομεν, καὶ δραμόντες μέχρι τῆς σῆς εὐγενείας καὶ πλήρεις τὰς εὐλογίας τῷ οἴκῳ ἡμῶν ἀποδώσοντες. Ἡμέτερα γὰρ εἶναι τὰ σὰ καὶ βουλόμεθα καὶ εὐχόμεθα.