Letter 176
To Hierius the Senator [a man of senatorial rank].
How many, do you suppose, count themselves blessed because they have been deemed worthy to come upon the words of the divine John, bishop of Constantinople [John Chrysostom]? And since you yourself are a fervent lover of those words, you too shall be counted blessed many times over.
AI-assisted translation - This translation was produced with AI assistance and has not been peer-reviewed.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
Πόσοι, δοκεῖς, ἑαυτοὺς μακαρίζουσιν, ὅτι κατ-
ξίωνται τοῦ θεσπεσίου Ἰωάννου τοῦ Κωνσταντίνου-πόλεως ἐπισκόπου τοῖς λόγοις περιτυχεῖν· ὧν καὶ αὐτὸς ἐραστὴς θερμὸς ὑπάρχων, μακαρισθήσῃ πολλά.
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