Letter 521

Nilus of AncyraAphthonius|c. 415 AD|nilus ancyra|From Ancyra|AI-assisted

To Aphthonius the Tabularius [a public registrar and keeper of records].

Demons, on the one hand, bring on thoughts of terror and cowardice; but the mind itself also frequently gives birth to certain disturbances, and fears, and alarms. The Savior heals both of these, He who cures every disease and every affliction most easily, provided that He is entreated with prayers, and with good works, and with the reading of the more divine oracles [the divine Scriptures], and with the invocation of the honored name of Jesus, joined with sleepless vigil.

AI-assisted translation - This translation was produced with AI assistance and has not been peer-reviewed.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

Ἐπιφέρουσι μὲν καὶ δαίμονες λογισμοὺς πτοήσεως, καὶ δειλείας, τίκτει δὲ καὶ αὐτὸς ὁ νοῦς πολλάκις θορύβους τινάς, καὶ φόβους, καὶ θροήσεις· ἀμφότερα δὲ ὁ Σωτὴρ θεραπεύει, ὃ πᾶσαν νόσον, καὶ πᾶσαν κάκωσιν ἐξιώμενος ῥᾷστα, εἰ μέντοι παρακαλεῖτο εὐχαῖς, καὶ εὐποιίαις, καὶ ἀναγνώσει θειοτέρων λογίων, καὶ τῇ μετ’ ἀγρυπνίας ἐπικλήσει τοῦ τιμίου ὀνόματος Ἰησοῦ.

Revision history

  1. 2026-05-27v2.2.34-import

    Initial corpus import from modern nilus ancyra workflow v1.

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