Letter 330
Nilus of Ancyra→Balchus|c. 415 AD|nilus ancyra|From Ancyra|AI-assisted
To the same person.
The self-control practiced according to Christ is good, and exceedingly excellent, and profitable; but that which is performed after the manner of the Greeks [pagans] and of the Manichaeans [the dualist sect founded by Mani] is blameworthy and harmful.
Ἡ κατὰ Χριστὸν τελουμένη ἐγκράτεια, καλή, καὶ ἄγαν ἀρίστη ἐστί, καὶ λυσιτελής, ἡ δὲ κατ’ Ἕλληνας, καὶ κατὰ Μανιχαίους γινομένη, ψεκτή, καὶ ἐπιβλαβής.
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To the same person.
The self-control practiced according to Christ is good, and exceedingly excellent, and profitable; but that which is performed after the manner of the Greeks [pagans] and of the Manichaeans [the dualist sect founded by Mani] is blameworthy and harmful.
AI-assisted translation - This translation was produced with AI assistance and has not been peer-reviewed.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
Ἡ κατὰ Χριστὸν τελουμένη ἐγκράτεια, καλή, καὶ ἄγαν ἀρίστη ἐστί, καὶ λυσιτελής, ἡ δὲ κατ’ Ἕλληνας, καὶ κατὰ Μανιχαίους γινομένη, ψεκτή, καὶ ἐπιβλαβής.
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- 2026-05-27v2.2.34-import
Initial corpus import from modern nilus ancyra workflow v1.
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