Nilus of Ancyra→Theocles|c. 415 AD|nilus ancyra|From Ancyra|AI-assisted
To Theocles the Presbyter.
Why are you astonished, when you are reproached and bitterly censured even by the very friends who once were of one mind with you? Remember the invincible Job; remember all the saints who made their way through every affliction. But why do I say these things? Call to mind Christ, the Master of all, who endured so great a trial at the hands of his own servants - mockery and ridicule, sneering and derision, spittings, humiliations, taunts, blows, countless outrages, and at last a dishonorable death - while practicing an unspeakable philosophy. And cease, then, from being so distressed [the final clause is damaged in the source].
Why are you astonished, when you are reproached and bitterly censured even by the very friends who once were of one mind with you? Remember the invincible Job; remember all the saints who made their way through every affliction. But why do I say these things? Call to mind Christ, the Master of all, who endured so great a trial at the hands of his own servants - mockery and ridicule, sneering and derision, spittings, humiliations, taunts, blows, countless outrages, and at last a dishonorable death - while practicing an unspeakable philosophy. And cease, then, from being so distressed [the final clause is damaged in the source].
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