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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. CCVIII.
[208] ΤΩΙ ΑΥΤΩΙ
Ἀκοῇ μὲν γινώσκω τὴν σὴν τιμιότητα, θαυμάζω δὲ ὅσον ὀλίγοι τῶν ἐπὶ πλεῖστον ὡμιληκότων: τοσοῦτος παρὰ πᾶσι τῆς σῆς καλοκἀγαθίας ὁ λόγος. Διὰ τοῦτο καὶ αὐτὸς ταύτην ἐθάρρησα τὴν πρεσβείαν. Ἀπέλιπεν ἡμᾶς ὁ θαυμαστὸς Ἀλύπιος, ὁ κοινὸς τῶν φίλων προστάτης καὶ τῶν ὀρφανῶν κηδεμών. Οὐ μικρὸν τοῦτο ἡμῖν εἰς συμφοράν. Δεύτερον προσεγένετο τὸ καὶ τὴν κοσμιωτάτην ἐλευθέραν αὐτοῦ φροντίζειν ὑπὲρ τῶν ὀρφανῶν. Ταύτην παραμύθησαι τῇ νῦν φιλανθρωπίᾳ, καὶ τὸ ἀσφαλὲς τοῖς σοῖς τέκνοις χάρισαι διὰ τῆς εἰς τοὺς ὀρφανοὺς εὐποιΐας, καὶ δεῖξον πλέον ἔχουσαν τῶν ξένων τὴν οἰκειότητα. Πρόσεσται δὲ καὶ τὸ ἡμῖν χαρίσασθαι, οὓς ὅ τι ἂν τιμήσῃς, Θεὸν ἔσῃ τετιμηκώς, οὗπερ ἡμεῖς ἠξιώμεθα εἶναι παραστάται καὶ λειτουργοί, καὶ εἰ τῆς ἀξίας ἐλάττονες.