Letter 677
To the Same Person.
To the second thief [the penitent thief crucified beside Christ, Luke 23:39-43] it was spoken, and the name of paradise was promised. For to the apostles the kingdom of heaven was promised. Therefore the thief on the cross, in the place of our forefather Adam the first thief, receives paradise.
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Latin / Greek Original
Τῷ δευτέρῳ λῃστῇ εἴρηται, καὶ ἐπήγγελται ὄνομα παραδείσου. Τοῖς γὰρ ἀποστόλοις βασιλεία οὐρανῶν ἐπήγγελθη. Οὐκοῦν ὁ ἐν τῷ σταυρῷ λῃστῆς ἀντὶ τοῦ προπάτορος Ἀδὰμ τοῦ πρώτου κλέπτου, λαμβάνει παράδεισον.
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