Letter 171
Nilus of Ancyra→Aemenius|c. 415 AD|nilus ancyra|From Ancyra|AI-assisted
To the Same Person.
That Jacob says, "If the Lord gives me bread to eat and a garment to put on" [Genesis 28:20], sets forth the life of the monks.
Τὸ λέγειν τὸν Ἰακώβ « Ἐὰν δῷ μοι Κύριος ἄρ-
τον φαγεῖν, καὶ ἱμάτιον περιβαλέσθαι, » τὴν τῶν
μοναχῶν διαγορεύει ζωήν.
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To the Same Person.
That Jacob says, "If the Lord gives me bread to eat and a garment to put on" [Genesis 28:20], sets forth the life of the monks.
AI-assisted translation - This translation was produced with AI assistance and has not been peer-reviewed.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
Τὸ λέγειν τὸν Ἰακώβ « Ἐὰν δῷ μοι Κύριος ἄρ-
τον φαγεῖν, καὶ ἱμάτιον περιβαλέσθαι, » τὴν τῶν
μοναχῶν διαγορεύει ζωήν.
Revision history
- 2026-05-27v2.2.34-import
Initial corpus import from modern nilus ancyra workflow v1.
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