Letter 873

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

To Daburius the Monk.

If the Lord has indeed thought us worthy to be chosen, so that we should draw near to him continually, and minister to him, and keep his commandments and his ordinances, let us not be parted from him even for a moment of time, but through prayer, and word, and deed, and above all through a pure and faithful mind, let us send up incense to Christ, the God who lacks nothing and is most high of all.

AI-assisted translation - This translation was produced with AI assistance and has not been peer-reviewed.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

Εἰ ὅλως ἡμᾶς ἐκλέξασθαι κατηξίωσεν ὁ Κύριος, πρὸς τὸ διαπαντὸς ἐγγίζειν αὐτῷ, καὶ λειτουργεῖν, καὶ φυλάσσειν τὰ ἐντάλματα αὐτοῦ, καὶ τὰς θεσμοθεσίας, μηδὲ πρὸς στιγμὴν χρόνου ἀπολειφθῶμεν αὐτῷ, διὰ προσευχῆς, καὶ λόγου, καὶ πράξεως, καὶ πρό γε πάντων καθαρᾶς, καὶ πιστῆς διανοίας θυμίαμα ἀναπέμποντες Χριστῷ τῷ ἀπροσδεεῖ, καὶ πανυψίστῳ Θεῷ.

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