Letter 407
Nilus of Ancyra→Amphilochius|c. 415 AD|nilus ancyra|From Ancyra|AI-assisted
To the same person.
But you too were anointed invisibly, when you came forward to the venerable habit [the monastic garb, the schema]. As for that anointing, I call it God: I mean the grace of the Holy Spirit that came upon you.
Ἀλλὰ καὶ σὺ ἀοράτως ἐχρίσθης, προσελθὼν τῷ σχήματι τῷ σεμνῷ. Χρίσμα ἐγὼ θεὸν καλῶ τὴν ἐπελθοῦσάν σοι χάριν τοῦ ἁγίου Πνεύματος.
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To the same person.
But you too were anointed invisibly, when you came forward to the venerable habit [the monastic garb, the schema]. As for that anointing, I call it God: I mean the grace of the Holy Spirit that came upon you.
AI-assisted translation - This translation was produced with AI assistance and has not been peer-reviewed.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
Ἀλλὰ καὶ σὺ ἀοράτως ἐχρίσθης, προσελθὼν τῷ σχήματι τῷ σεμνῷ. Χρίσμα ἐγὼ θεὸν καλῶ τὴν ἐπελθοῦσάν σοι χάριν τοῦ ἁγίου Πνεύματος.
Revision history
- 2026-05-27v2.2.34-import
Initial corpus import from modern nilus ancyra workflow v1.
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