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| Constantine's Letter to Eusebius, in praise of his Discourse concerning Easter.
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Chapter
XXXV.—Constantine’s Letter to
Eusebius, in praise of his Discourse concerning Easter.
“Victor
Constantinus, Maximus Augustus, to Eusebius.
“It is indeed an arduous
task, and beyond the power of language itself, worthily to treat of the
mysteries of Christ, and to explain in a fitting manner the controversy
respecting the feast of Easter, its origin as well as its precious and
toilsome accomplishment.3332
| 3332 [i.e. through the sufferings and resurrection of
Christ.—Bag.] | For it is
not in the power even of those who are able to apprehend them,
adequately to describe the things of God. I am, notwithstanding, filled
with admiration of your learning and zeal, and have not only myself
read your work with pleasure, but have given directions, according to
your own desire, that it be communicated to many sincere followers of
our holy religion. Seeing, then, with what pleasure we receive favors
of this kind from your Sagacity, be pleased to gladden us more
frequently with those compositions, to the practice of which, indeed,
you confess yourself to have been trained from an early period, so that
I am urging a willing man, as they say, in exhorting you to your
customary pursuits. And certainly the high and confident judgment we
entertain is a proof that the person who has translated your writings
into the Latin tongue is in no respect incompetent to the task,
impossible though it be that such version should fully equal the
excellence of the works themselves. God preserve you, beloved
brother.” Such was his letter on this subject: and that which
related to the providing of copies of the Scriptures for reading in the
churches was to the following purport.E.C.F. INDEX & SEARCH
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