Letter 575
To Asclepiades the Count [comes, a high imperial official].
Let us not despise the true widows, for God cares very greatly about them. For He sent the great Elijah to a widow [the widow of Zarephath, 1 Kings 17], and in the case of the widow at Nain, Jesus Himself, by His own action, the Master of all things, wipes away her tear, crying out to her: "Do not weep" [Luke 7:11-13]. And James commands that we visit orphans and widows in their affliction [James 1:27].
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Latin / Greek Original
Μὴ καταφρονήσωμεν τῶν ἀληθινῶν χηρῶν. πάνυ γὰρ μέλει τῷ Θεῷ περὶ αὐτῶν. τὸν γὰρ μέγαν Ἠλίαν πρὸς χήραν ἀπέστειλεν, καὶ τῆς ἐν Ναῒν χήρας, αὐτὸς δι' ἑαυτοῦ Ἰησοῦς ὁ Δεσπότης τῶν ὅλων σφόγγιζει τὸ δάκρυσον, κράζας αὐτῇ· Μὴ κλαῖε· καὶ Ἰάκωβος κελεύει ἐπισκέπτεσθαι ὀρφανούς, καὶ χήρας ἐν τῇ θλίψει αὐτῶν.
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