# Epistulae: Collectio Patmensis (epistulae 1-52) 51

Theodoretus, Epistulae: Collectio Patmensis (epistulae 1-52), Letter 51. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theodoretus-scr-eccl-et-theol/epistulae-collectio-patmensis-epistulae-1-52/51

ΑΠΕΛΛῌ. Οὔτε τὴν ἀνθρωπείαν ἠγνόησα φύσιν, οὔτε δυσχεραίνω τὸν ἔλεον, οὗ μάλιστα δεόμαι. Οἶδα καὶ φίλοις αἰτοῦσι παρέχειν, ἐπειδὴ κἀγὼ τούτου δεόμενος ἐθέλω λαβεῖν. Αἰτεῖσθαι δὲ καὶ αἰτεῖν τὰ μὴ πολλὴν ἐργαζόμενα βούλομαι λώβην. Εἰ δέ τι τοιοῦτον ἀγνοῶν τις αἰτήσοι, γυμνοῦν τὴν αἴτησιν ἀναγκάζομαι, καὶ πείθειν ὡς ἐγὼ ἤκουσα δυσπαθής. Λωβᾶται δὲ καὶ τῷ αἰτοῦντι καὶ τῷ διδόντι ἡ χάρις. Τοῦτο καὶ νῦν προὔργου δρᾶσαι νενόμικα καὶ τὴν σὴν πεῖσαι μεγαλοπρέπειαν· καὶ πεῖσαι, τοῦ συνειδότος μαρτυροῦντος, ὡς οὐδεμίαν ἔχω πρὸς τὸν δεῖνα ἀνθρωπίνην δυσμένειαν· ἀνιᾷ δέ με τοῖς θείοις παντελῶς ἀποταξάμενος νόμοις καὶ ὄργανον τῆς ἐναντίας ἐνεργείας γενόμενος.

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Theodoretus Scr. Eccl. et Theol., Epistulae: Collectio Patmensis (epistulae 1-52). Text: The Greek Library, from the Perseus Digital Library and other open sources, CC BY 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
License: CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Source: https://thegreeklibrary.pages.lisn.upsaclay.fr/works/tlg4089.tlg005.local001/.