Letter 983
To Euthymius the Bishop.
One must abstain from servility, and from buffoonery [coarse jesting, cf. Ephesians 5:4], and from lack of self-control regarding what is good to eat; rather, it is necessary to partake of the things set before us decorously, and with discernment, and with the fear of God, and with thanksgiving.
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Latin / Greek Original
Ἀφεκτέον τῆς δουλοπρεπείας, καὶ τῆς εὐτραπελείας· καὶ τῆς ἀκρασίας τῆς περὶ τὰ ἐδώδιμα, κοσμίως δὲ μᾶλλον, καὶ μετὰ συνέσεως, καὶ φόβου Θεοῦ, καὶ εὐχαριστίας δεῖ ἐφάπτεσθαι τῶν παρατιθεμένων.
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