# Epistulae: Collectio Sirmondiana (epistulae 96-147) 105

Theodoretus, Epistulae: Collectio Sirmondiana (epistulae 96-147), Letter 105. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theodoretus-scr-eccl-et-theol/epistulae-collectio-sirmondiana-epistulae-96-147/105

ΕΥΛΟΓΙῼ ΟΙΚΟΝΟΜῼ. Τοὺς μὲν ὑπὲρ τῆς εὐσεβείας ἀγῶνας τῆς σῆς φιλοθεΐας παρὰ πολλῶν μεμαθήκαμεν. Δίκαιον δὲ καὶ τῷ διὰ ταύτην συκοφαντουμένῳ προθύμως συνηγορεῖν καὶ διελέγχειν τῶν λοιδορουμένων τὸ ψεῦδος. Ἀκριβῶς γὰρ οἶσθα, θεοφιλέστατε, καὶ τίνα φρονοῦμεν, καὶ τίνα διδάσκομεν, καὶ ὅτι δύο κηρυττόντων υἱοὺς οὐδεὶς ἡμῶν ἀκήκοε πώποτε. Χρησάσθω τοίνυν ἡ σὴ θεοσέβεια κἀνταῦθα τῷ ζήλῳ καὶ ἐμφραξάτω στόματα λαλούντων ἄδικα. Ἐν γὰρ τοῖς τοιούτοις ἀγῶσιν οὐ μόνον προσήκει τῶν φίλων, ἀλλὰ καὶ τῶν λελυπηκότων ὑπερμαχεῖν.

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Theodoretus Scr. Eccl. et Theol., Epistulae: Collectio Sirmondiana (epistulae 96-147). 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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