Letter 72
To the same man.
Why are you astonished, seeing a wicked and most unholy man over-praised, and lawlessly glorified, and wielding great power among those who hold dominion? Remember the Scripture crying aloud, that "I saw the impious man exalted on high" [Psalm 36:35 LXX (37:35)]; that is, he was permitted to be exalted in accordance with this world. And it has been permitted not without judgment, but so that, having been displayed as exceedingly lofty, and having fallen from that height, he may suffer an incurable ruin.
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Latin / Greek Original
Τί ξενίζῃ βλέπων πονηρευτὸν τε καὶ ἀνοσιώτα- τον ὑπερεφημούμενον, καὶ ἐνδοξαζόμενον παρα- νόμως, καὶ μεγάλα ἰσχύοντα πρὸς τοὺς δυναστεύου- σιν; Μνήσθητι τῆς Γραφῆς ἐμβοώσης, ὅτι « Ἐδδὴ ὁ ἀσεβὴς ἐν ὕψει μεγάλοις· » τουτέστι, συνεχωρήθη ὑψωθῆναι κατὰ τὸν κόσμον τοῦτον. Συγκεχώρηται δὲ
Οὐκ ἀκρίτως, ἀλλ’ ἵνα λίαν μετάρσιος ἐκφανθείς, κἀκεῖθεν καταπεσὼν ἀνίατον συντριβὴν ὑπομείνῃ.
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