Letter 411

To Faustus the Monk. "Let the foundations of the earth be shaken," Scripture says. The meaning, then, of "Let the foundations of the earth be shaken" is this: let the reasonings in the depth of the heart be carried over from the things on the left [the wicked, sinister side] to the things more on the right [the better side].

« Σαλευθήτω, φησί, τὰ θεμέλια τῆς γῆς. » Τὸ τοίνυν, « Σαλευθήτω τὰ θεμέλια τῆς γῆς, » ἀντὶ τοῦ, Οἱ ἐν τῷ βάθει τῆς καρδίας λογισμοί, ἀπὸ τῶν σκαιῶν ἐπὶ τὰ δεξιώτερα μεταγέτωσαν.