27 surviving letters between Isidore of Pelusium and Maron, spanning 395-425 AD.
Why did you choose the narrow way and make vows to God, only to walk the broad road that leads to death?
Your former transgression, Maron, has become a ready pretext for the present one.
You seem to be ignorant of how great a joy the untroubled life contains.
I would gladly ask you this, Maron: why is your war against virtue an unrelenting and unproclaimed one — a war waged...
“To Maron.”
“To Maron Let the body obey, let the mind command.”
“To the same person.”
“To the same.”
“To Maro.”
“To the Same Person Since it is not so much the speaker who quickens persuasion -- even if he should bring to bear every…”
“On gluttony.”
“To Maron, presbyter.”
“To Maron, Palladius, Zosimus, and Eustathius.”