Letter 835
To the same person.
When a hidden reef rises up to board your ship, at once a calm will succeed you, and peace, and joy, and gladness. Only do not let your good expectation grow cold, do not slacken the horn of your looking up to Christ [the gesture of lifting the gaze toward Christ in hope]; in the onset of trials and in the testing do not put to death your good hope, but hope on.
AI-assisted translation - This translation was produced with AI assistance and has not been peer-reviewed.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
Ὅταν ἀνακύψῃ σπιλὰς εἰς τὸ πλοῖόν σου ἀνελ-
θεῖν, παραχρῆμα διαδέξεται σε γαλήνη, καὶ εἰρήνη,
καὶ χαρὰ, καὶ εὐφροσύνη. Μόνον σὺ μὴ ἀποψύξῃς
τὴν καλὴν προσδοκίαν, μὴ χαλάσῃς τὸ κέρας τῆς
πρὸς τὸν Χριστὸν ἀναβλέψεως (1), τῇ ἐπιστασίᾳ τῶν
πειρασμῶν καὶ τῇ δοκιμασίᾳ μὴ θανατώσῃς τὴν
ἀγαθὴν ἐλπίδα, ἀλλ’ ἕλπιζε.
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- 2026-05-27v2.2.34-import
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