Nilus of Ancyra→Tryphon|c. 415 AD|nilus ancyra|From Ancyra|AI-assisted
To the same.
You say that you have heard a sinful pagan [Greek: Hellen, a non-Christian] declare: "You are no better than I, even if you are a Christian, for you too are a sinner." Say to him, then, this parable: A certain householder kept two dogs; and the one that had grieved him and dared to tear at the master himself he ordered to be cudgelled to death, but the other, which loved its master and continually clung with affection about its master's feet, he cherishes, and feeds, and keeps safe.
You say that you have heard a sinful pagan [Greek: Hellen, a non-Christian] declare: "You are no better than I, even if you are a Christian, for you too are a sinner." Say to him, then, this parable: A certain householder kept two dogs; and the one that had grieved him and dared to tear at the master himself he ordered to be cudgelled to death, but the other, which loved its master and continually clung with affection about its master's feet, he cherishes, and feeds, and keeps safe.
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