Letter 54: A fragment-like letter in which Severus asks for names to remember in prayer and recalls Eustochius, deacon of Alexandria.
Severus of Antioch→Unknown recipient of Severus of Antioch I.54|c. 519 AD|Severus of Antioch|From Antioch, Syria|AI-assisted
Severus of Antioch; unidentified recipient; Antioch; Alexandria; Eustochius; Philip the presbyter; prayer; orthodox faith; exile
Brooks' heading for this letter is lost; the body begins mid-thought, so the recipient and destination remain unknown. Source id I.54; Brooks table page 162; page anchor supplied by T246 marker adjudication because the broad concordance marks this row unstable. Source-facing English extracted by explicit body markers from the Archive OCR text; original Syriac source-text backfill remains pending.
When we learn their names, we will remember them in our prayers and, as far as we can, shake off the weariness that weighs on us as we prepare for our final departure from this world.
As for events in the East, and especially the way the believers in Antioch have armed themselves for a second contest, you do not need me to write at length. From what you have already heard, your own prudent judgment can understand the rest. There is no need to pile up details where the general shape of events is already plain.
After speaking about the church's affairs and remembering the earnestness you showed in the matter, I also mention Eustochius of God-loving memory, deacon of the holy church in Alexandria. He has now laid aside this life after showing great zeal for the orthodox faith, with the accuracy and knowledge the divine Apostle commends. He often longed to see Your God-loving Reverence in person. The religious presbyter Philip also knew something of his character and tested him to a moderate extent.
when we learn the names of these in order that we may remember them in our prayers, and as far as possible, cast from us the weariness that dominates us, and prepare ourselves for the final departure from this world. As to the events that have happened in the East, and the way in which the believers in Antioch have girded themselves for a second and third contest, as if they had never been tried by any tribulation, it is superfluous for us to write to you, since these are things which you learn also from report. Only we ask you to keep those who are thus combating in more earnest remembrance, and to ask that endurance may be granted them all by God. In trials which are so unendurable it is in fact impossible to be steadfast without help from that source. Wherefore Jeremiah Si. also said to God over all, " Lord, the endurance of Israel! Thou savest in the time of evils." ^ But I beg your holinesses to grant a place among those who are remembered by you over the rational sacrifice and have alreadv gone to God to Eustochius of Godloving memory, deacon of the holy church in Alexandria, who has now put off his life in much zeal for the orthodox faith, with all accuracy and in knowledge as the divine Apostle says," so that he often longed for the bodily sight of your love of God also. Of him the religious presbyter Philip also made trial to a moderate extent.
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When we learn their names, we will remember them in our prayers and, as far as we can, shake off the weariness that weighs on us as we prepare for our final departure from this world.
As for events in the East, and especially the way the believers in Antioch have armed themselves for a second contest, you do not need me to write at length. From what you have already heard, your own prudent judgment can understand the rest. There is no need to pile up details where the general shape of events is already plain.
After speaking about the church's affairs and remembering the earnestness you showed in the matter, I also mention Eustochius of God-loving memory, deacon of the holy church in Alexandria. He has now laid aside this life after showing great zeal for the orthodox faith, with the accuracy and knowledge the divine Apostle commends. He often longed to see Your God-loving Reverence in person. The religious presbyter Philip also knew something of his character and tested him to a moderate extent.
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