Letter 720
Nilus of Ancyra→Theodoritus|c. 415 AD|nilus ancyra|From Ancyra|AI-assisted
To Theodoritus the Monk.
Prayer, the mother of all the virtues, has the power not only to cleanse and to nourish, but it also illuminates, and is able to render sun-like those who attend to it genuinely.
Ἡ μήτηρ πασῶν τῶν ἀρετῶν προσευχή, οὐ μόνον ἰσχύει καθαρίζειν καὶ τρέφειν, ἀλλὰ καὶ φωτίζει, καὶ ἡλιοειδῶς δύναται ἀποδεῖξαι τοὺς προσέχοντας γνησίως αὐτῇ.
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To Theodoritus the Monk.
Prayer, the mother of all the virtues, has the power not only to cleanse and to nourish, but it also illuminates, and is able to render sun-like those who attend to it genuinely.
AI-assisted translation - This translation was produced with AI assistance and has not been peer-reviewed.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
Ἡ μήτηρ πασῶν τῶν ἀρετῶν προσευχή, οὐ μόνον ἰσχύει καθαρίζειν καὶ τρέφειν, ἀλλὰ καὶ φωτίζει, καὶ ἡλιοειδῶς δύναται ἀποδεῖξαι τοὺς προσέχοντας γνησίως αὐτῇ.
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- 2026-05-27v2.2.34-import
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