# Epistulae Τοῖς πρεσβυτέροις Σαμοσάτων

Basilius, Epistulae, Τοῖς πρεσβυτέροις Σαμοσάτων. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/basilius-theol/epistulae/%CE%A4%CE%BF%E1%BF%96%CF%82%20%CF%80%CF%81%CE%B5%CF%83%CE%B2%CF%85%CF%84%CE%AD%CF%81%CE%BF%CE%B9%CF%82%20%CE%A3%CE%B1%CE%BC%CE%BF%CF%83%CE%AC%CF%84%CF%89%CE%BD

Ὅσον λυπούμεθα ἐνθυμούμενοι τὴν ἐρημίαν τῆς ἐκκλησίας, τοσοῦτον μακαρίζομεν ὑμᾶς εἰς τοῦτο φθάσαντας τὸ μέτρον τῆς ἀθλήσεως, ὃ παράσχοι ὑμῖν ὁ Κύριος μακροθύμως παρελθεῖν, ἵνα καὶ τῆς πιστῆς οἰκονομίας καὶ τῆς γενναίας ἐνστάσεως, ἣν ὑπὲρ τοῦ ὀνόματος τοῦ Χριστοῦ ἐπεδείξασθε, τὸν μέγαν μισθὸν ὑποδέξησθε.

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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/.