21 surviving letters between Isidore of Pelusium and Nilus, spanning 390-425 AD.
The holy bishops and the guides of the monastic discipline, from the conflicts and struggles which they underwent,...
Concerning the food of the Precursor[17] and asceticism[18].
For those of moderate virtue, suspicion is an inconvenience.
“To Nilus.”
“To Nilus One ought, as it seems to me at least, to bury the body and perform its sacred rites in the very place in which the person also died.”
“To Nilus the Advocate [scholasticus, a trained lawyer].”
“To Neilos.”
“To Nilus, Peter, and Paul.”
“To Nilus the Deacon Truth adorns all the arts and the sciences; but if she herself is absent, they possess no grace of seemliness.”
“To Nilus On the meaning of "Does not He who dwells on high oversee?”