Letter 395
To the Same Person.
"You set men over our heads" [Psalm 65:12 LXX; Psalm 66:12]. For there is a time when God permits the demons shamelessly to seat themselves upon the inner head, that is, upon the mind, and to drag the soul down toward unseemly thoughts, with which it is necessary for us to box and to do battle, neither consenting to them nor consorting with them.
AI-assisted translation - This translation was produced with AI assistance and has not been peer-reviewed.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
Ἐπεβίβασας ἀνθρώπους ἐπὶ τὰς κεφαλὰς ἡμῶν. Ἔστι γὰρ ὅτε συγχωρεῖ τοὺς δαίμονας ὁ Θεὸς τῇ ἔνδον κεφαλῇ ἀναιδῶς ἐπικαθίζειν, τουτέστι τῇ διανοίᾳ, καὶ καθέλκειν τὴν ψυχὴν πρὸς ἀπρεπῆ ἐνθυμήματα, οἷς ἡμᾶς ἀναγκαῖον πυκτεύειν, καὶ μάχεσθαι, μὴ συγκατατιθεμένους, μηδὲ συνδιάζοντας.
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- 2026-05-27v2.2.34-import
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