Letter 381

To Gregory the Abbot. Moses, the great hierophant [the revealer of sacred mysteries], by pitching the tent outside the camp [Exodus 33:7], makes clear that the teacher must be far from the tumult of war, and must keep himself well away from the disordered camp, having withdrawn to a peaceful and warless life.

Μωϋσῆς ὁ μέγας ἱεροφάντης ἔξω τῆς παρεμβολῆς πηξάμενος τὴν σκηνὴν, δηλοῖ, ὡς μακρὰν τοῦ θορύβου πολεμικοῦ χρὴ τὸν διδάσκαλον εἶναι, καὶ πόῤῥω τοῦ πεφυρμένου ἀπόκεισθαι στρατοπέδου, πρὸς εἰρηνικὸν, καὶ ἀπολέμητον μεταστάντα βίον.