Letter 832

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

To the Same Person.

"Rise early," Scripture says, "and stand before Pharaoh." [Exodus 8:20] For those who worship God with unremitting earnestness, abiding ever in the light at the dawn, in every way set themselves against and wage war upon the spiritual Pharaoh [the devil, allegorized from the Pharaoh of Exodus].

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Latin / Greek Original

« Ὀρθρισον, φησὶ, καὶ στῆθι ἐναντίον Φαραώ. »
Οἱ γὰρ ἐν ἐκτενείᾳ τῷ Θεῷ λατρεύοντες, ἐν ὄρθρῳ ἀεὶ
φωτὶ ὑπάρχοντες, πάντως ἐναντιοῦνται, καὶ ἀντιπε-
λεμοῦσι τῷ νοητῷ Φαραώ.

Revision history

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

    Initial corpus import from modern nilus ancyra workflow v1.

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