# Epistulae: Collectio Sirmondiana (epistulae 1-95) 27

Theodoretus, Epistulae: Collectio Sirmondiana (epistulae 1-95), Letter 27. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theodoretus-scr-eccl-et-theol/epistulae-collectio-sirmondiana-epistulae-1-95/27

ΑΚΥΛΙΝῼ ΔΙΑΚΟΝῼ ΚΑΙ ΑΡΧΙΜΑΝΔΡΙΤῌ. Οὐδεὶς ὀρφανίαν ὀδύρεται τῆς θείας υἱοθεσίας ἠξιώμενος. Τί γὰρ τοῦ ἄνω Πατρὸς ἢ δυνατώτερον ἢ κηδεμονικώτερον; Δι' αὐτὸν γὰρ καὶ οἱ κάτω πατέρες, πατέρες. Αὐτοῦ γὰρ βουλομένου, οἱ μὲν φύσει, οἱ δὲ χάριτι πατέρες καθίστανται. Ἐκεῖνον τοίνυν κατέχωμεν καὶ τῶν ἀπελθόντων τὴν μνήμην φυλάξωμεν ἄσβεστον. Ὀνήσει γὰρ ἡμᾶς ἡ τῶν εὖ βεβιωκότων ἀνάμνησις, εἰς τὴν ἐκείνων διεγείρουσα μίμησιν.

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Theodoretus Scr. Eccl. et Theol., Epistulae: Collectio Sirmondiana (epistulae 1-95). 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.
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