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| To Eusebius, bishop of Samosata.
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Letter
XCV.2336
To Eusebius, bishop of Samosata.
I had written some while
since to your reverence about our meeting one another and other
subjects, but I was disappointed at my letter not reaching your
excellency, for after the blessed deacon Theophrastus had taken charge
of the letter, on my setting out on an unavoidable journey, he did not
convey it to your reverence, because he was seized by the sickness of
which he died. Hence it happened that I was so late in writing,
that, the time being now so exceedingly short, I did not look for there
being much use in this letter. The godly bishop Meletius and
Theodotus had strongly urged me to visit them, representing that a
meeting would be a proof of affection, and being wishful of remedying
the troubles which are at present a cause of anxiety.2337
They had appointed, as a time for our
meeting, the middle of the approaching month of June, and for the
place, Phargamus, a spot famous for martyr’s glory and for the
large number of people attending the synod there every year.
Directly I returned and heard of the death of the blessed deacon, and
that my letter was lying useless at home, I felt that I must not be
idle, because thirty-three days were still remaining up to the
appointed time, and so I hurriedly sent the letter to the very reverend
Eustathius, my fellow minister, with the object of its being sent on by
him to your reverence and of getting an answer without delay. If,
then, it is possible and agreeable to you to come, I will come
too. If not, I, God willing, will pay the debt of meeting due
from last year: unless haply some hindrance for my sins comes in
the way again, in which case I must put off my meeting with the bishops
to another time.E.C.F. INDEX & SEARCH
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