Letter 475
To Kolokasios the Deacon.
The moment anyone reviles his neighbor, he is straightway made leprous in his heart. Therefore flee from speaking evil and from reviling one another; for you know how, on account of a little reviling and a single word of slander, the prophetess Miriam [Mariam, sister of Moses, struck with leprosy in Numbers 12 for speaking against him] was made leprous by a divine sentence.
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Latin / Greek Original
Ἅμα τὶς λοιδορήσῃ τὸν πλησίον, εὐθέως λεπροῦ-
ται τὴν καρδίαν. Δίϊπερ φεῦγε τὸ καταλαλεῖν, καὶ
διαλοιδορεῖσθαι· ἔγνωκας γὰρ, πῶς δι᾿ ὀλίγην λοι-
δορίαν, καὶ μίαν λέξιν τῆς καταλαλιᾶς, θείᾳ ψήφῳ
λελέπρωται ἡ προφῆτις Μαρία.
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- 2026-05-27v2.2.34-import
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