# Epistulae: Collectio Sirmondiana (epistulae 1-95) 39

Theodoretus, Epistulae: Collectio Sirmondiana (epistulae 1-95), Letter 39. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theodoretus-scr-eccl-et-theol/epistulae-collectio-sirmondiana-epistulae-1-95/39

ΑΛΛΗ ΕΟΡΤΑΣΤΙΚΗ. Ἐβουλόμην τὰ θυμήρη γράφειν, καὶ τῆς ἑορτῆς ᾄδειν τὴν πνευματικὴν εὐφροσύνην· ἀλλ' οὐκ ἐᾷ τῶν ἁμαρτημάτων τὸ πλῆθος, τὰς θεηλάτους ἡμῖν τιμωρίας ἐπάγον. Τίς γὰρ τοσαύτην ἀναλγησίαν νοσεῖ, ὡς μὴ λαβεῖν αἴσθησιν τῆς θείας ὀργῆς; Εὐξάσθω τοίνυν ἡ εὐλάβειά σου τὰ πράγματα μεταβολῆς τυχεῖν ἀγαθῆς, ἵνα καὶ ἡμεῖς μεταβάλωμεν τῶν γραμμάτων τὸν χαρακτῆρα, καὶ ἀντὶ θρήνων ἐπιστέλλωμεν τὰ θυμήρη.

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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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