Letter 370
Nilus of Ancyra→Maurianus|c. 415 AD|nilus ancyra|From Ancyra|AI-assisted
To Maurianus the Monk.
The trial of unbearable grief and of deep despondency you will be able to dispel by abundant tears, by good hopes, and by your longing for Christ the most sweet Saviour.
Τῆς ἀφορήτου λύπης, καὶ τῆς πολλῆς ἀθυμίας τὸν πειρασμὸν δάκρυσι δαψιλέσι, καὶ χρησταῖς ἐλπίσι, καὶ τῷ πόθῳ πρὸς τὸν γλυκύτατον Σωτῆρα Χριστὸν ἐξαφανίσαι δυνήσῃ.
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To Maurianus the Monk.
The trial of unbearable grief and of deep despondency you will be able to dispel by abundant tears, by good hopes, and by your longing for Christ the most sweet Saviour.
AI-assisted translation - This translation was produced with AI assistance and has not been peer-reviewed.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
Τῆς ἀφορήτου λύπης, καὶ τῆς πολλῆς ἀθυμίας τὸν πειρασμὸν δάκρυσι δαψιλέσι, καὶ χρησταῖς ἐλπίσι, καὶ τῷ πόθῳ πρὸς τὸν γλυκύτατον Σωτῆρα Χριστὸν ἐξαφανίσαι δυνήσῃ.
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- 2026-05-27v2.2.34-import
Initial corpus import from modern nilus ancyra workflow v1.
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