# Epistulae Γλυκερίῳ

Basilius, Epistulae, Γλυκερίῳ. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/basilius-theol/epistulae/%CE%93%CE%BB%CF%85%CE%BA%CE%B5%CF%81%CE%AF%E1%BF%B3

Μέχρι τίνος ἀπονοῇ, καὶ κακῶς μὲν βουλεύῃ περὶ σεαυτοῦ, κινεῖς δὲ ἡμᾶς, αἰσχύνεις δὲ τὸ κοινὸν τάγμα τῶν μοναστῶν; ἐπάνελθε οὖν τῷ Θεῷ θαρρῶν καὶ ἡμῖν, οὗ τὴν φιλανθρωπίαν μιμούμεθα. εἰ γὰρ καὶ πατρικῶς ἐπετιμήσαμεν, ἀλλὰ καὶ συγγνωσόμεθα πατρικῶς. ταῦτά σοι παρʼ ἡμῶν, ἐπειδὴ πολλοί τε ἱκετεύουσιν ἄλλοι, καὶ πρὸ τῶν ἄλλων ὁ σὸς πρεσβύτερος, οὗ τὴν πολιὰν αἰδούμεθα καὶ τὴν εὐσπλαγχνίαν. εἰ δὲ μακρύνεις ἀφʼ ἡμῶν, τοῦ βαθμοῦ μὲν πάντως ἐκπέπτωκας, ἐκπεσῇ δὲ καὶ τοῦ Θεοῦ μετὰ τῶν μελῶν σου καὶ τῆς στολῆς, οἷς ἄγεις τὰς νέας, οὐ πρὸς Θεόν, ἀλλʼ εἰς βάραθρον.

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Basil, Saint, Bishop of Caesarea, Epistulae, ed. Roy J. Deferrari. Text: The Greek Library, from the Perseus Digital Library and other open sources, CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Source: https://thegreeklibrary.pages.lisn.upsaclay.fr/works/tlg2040.tlg004.local001/.