Letter 353
"The powers of the heavens shall be shaken on that day of righteous judgment." That is to say, the angelic hosts, which serve the Lord's command, shall be moved from gentleness to wrath . . . . all the wicked men.
---Letter 35---
To Socration the Exceptor [shorthand clerk / court secretary].
Let not the unholy and godless, the wicked and lawless thoughts of Satan throw you into confusion, nor let them strike you with dismay, nor indeed let them dispose you to despondency and to slacken your good soul, which has been wedded to faith and fenced about with the cross of Christ.
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Latin / Greek Original
« Αἱ δυνάμεις τῶν οὐρανῶν σαλευθήσονται κατ’ ἐκείνην τὴν ἡμέραν τῆς δικαιοκρισίας. » Τουτέστιν αἱ ἀγγελικαὶ στρατιαὶ τῷ Δεσποτικῷ ὑπηρετοῦσαι προστάγματι, ἐξ ἡμερότητος εἰς ὀργὴν κινηθήσονται . . . . πάντας τοὺς πονηροὺς ἀνθρώπους.
---LETTER ΛΕ΄.---
Οἱ ἀνόσιοι, καὶ ἄθεοι, πονηροί τε, καὶ ἀθέσμοι τοῦ Σατανᾶ λογισμοὶ μὴ θροείτωσάν σε, μηδὲ καταπληττέτωσαν, μή τε μὴν παρασκευαζέτωσαν ἀθυμεῖν, καὶ ἐκλύεσθαι τὴν σὴν ἀγαθὴν ψυχήν, πίστει γεγαμωμένην, καὶ τῷ σταυρῷ τοῦ Χριστοῦ φραττομένην.
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