Letter 688
To the Same Man.
To the more eminent and pure among the shepherds it is permitted to judge, that is, to those who have been entrusted with the keys of the kingdom [an allusion to Matthew 16:19], not to those who are shepherded, and who are marked with the stains of their sins.
AI-assisted translation - This translation was produced with AI assistance and has not been peer-reviewed.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
Τοῖς διαφανεστέροις, καὶ καθαροῖς τῶν ποιμένων, ἔξεστι κρίνειν, τοῖς ἐμπεπιστευμένοις τὰς κλεῖς τῆς βασιλείας, οὐχὶ τοῖς ποιμαινομένοις, καὶ ταῖς τῶν ἁμαρτημάτων κηλῖσι κατεστιγμένοις.
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