Nilus of Ancyra→Theodotus|c. 415 AD|nilus ancyra|From Ancyra|AI-assisted
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"But I am like a fruitful olive tree in the house of the Lord" [Psalm 52:8 (51:10 LXX)], never stripped bare of the blessed hope. Let us, therefore, become a fruitful olive tree, not anywhere else, not in Hellenism [paganism], not in Judaism, not in any wicked heresy, but in the house of God, that is, in faith and in piety. For the impious bear fruit in vain outside the Church.
"But I am like a fruitful olive tree in the house of the Lord" [Psalm 52:8 (51:10 LXX)], never stripped bare of the blessed hope. Let us, therefore, become a fruitful olive tree, not anywhere else, not in Hellenism [paganism], not in Judaism, not in any wicked heresy, but in the house of God, that is, in faith and in piety. For the impious bear fruit in vain outside the Church.
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