Letter 321
To Cheimasios.
Concerning those who have begun, but have not completed, the wondrous work of virtue, that prophetic word might be spoken: "Before him a paradise of delight, and behind him a plain of desolation." [Joel 2:3]
AI-assisted translation - This translation was produced with AI assistance and has not been peer-reviewed.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
Περὶ τῶν ἐναρξαμένων, καὶ μὴ τελειωσάντων τὸ θαμάσιον ἔργον τῆς ἀρετῆς, λεχθείη ἂν τὸ προφη-
Ἀ · τικὸν ἐκεῖνο · Τὰ ἔμπροσθεν αὐτοῦ παράδεισος τρυ-
φῆς, καὶ τὰ ὀπίσω αὐτοῦ πεδίον ἀφανισμοῦ.
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- 2026-05-27v2.2.34-import
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