Letter 205
Nilus of Ancyra→Ignatius|c. 415 AD|nilus ancyra|From Ancyra|AI-assisted
To the Same Person.
The heavenly physician comes of his own accord, invisibly, to you, even though you were not able to make your way to him because of the weakness and feebleness of your reasoning.
Αὐτὸς δὲ ἑαυτοῦ πρὸς σὲ παράγίνεται ἀοράτως ὁ
οὐράνιος ἰατρός, κἂν μὴ δυνηθεὶς πρὸς αὐτὸν β
πορευθῆναι διὰ τὴν ἀσθένειαν καὶ ἀτονίαν τοῦ λο-
γισμοῦ.
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To the Same Person.
The heavenly physician comes of his own accord, invisibly, to you, even though you were not able to make your way to him because of the weakness and feebleness of your reasoning.
AI-assisted translation - This translation was produced with AI assistance and has not been peer-reviewed.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
Αὐτὸς δὲ ἑαυτοῦ πρὸς σὲ παράγίνεται ἀοράτως ὁ
οὐράνιος ἰατρός, κἂν μὴ δυνηθεὶς πρὸς αὐτὸν β
πορευθῆναι διὰ τὴν ἀσθένειαν καὶ ἀτονίαν τοῦ λο-
γισμοῦ.
Revision history
- 2026-05-27v2.2.34-import
Initial corpus import from modern nilus ancyra workflow v1.
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