Letter 15
Nilus of Ancyra→Ptolemy|c. 415 AD|nilus ancyra|From Ancyra|AI-assisted
To the same person.
What does it mean, "We have the mind of Christ" [1 Corinthians 2:16]? It means this: having the governing faculty [the ruling part of the soul] purified, I both think purely and loftily, and conduct my life splendidly.
Τί ἐστιν « Ἡμεῖς νοῦν Χριστοῦ ἔχομεν; » Τουτέστι, Κεκαθαρμένον ἔχων τὸ ἡγεμονικόν, καθαρῶς τε, καὶ ὑψηλῶς διανοοῦμαι, καὶ λαμπρῶς πολιτεύομαι.
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To the same person.
What does it mean, "We have the mind of Christ" [1 Corinthians 2:16]? It means this: having the governing faculty [the ruling part of the soul] purified, I both think purely and loftily, and conduct my life splendidly.
AI-assisted translation - This translation was produced with AI assistance and has not been peer-reviewed. See the 19th-century translation or original Latin/Greek below for scholarly use.
Latin / Greek Original
Τί ἐστιν « Ἡμεῖς νοῦν Χριστοῦ ἔχομεν; » Τουτέστι, Κεκαθαρμένον ἔχων τὸ ἡγεμονικόν, καθαρῶς τε, καὶ ὑψηλῶς διανοοῦμαι, καὶ λαμπρῶς πολιτεύομαι.
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