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Letter
XXX.2004
To Eusebius of Samosata.
If I were to write at
length all the causes which, up to the present time, have kept me at
home, eager as I have been to set out to see your reverence, I should
tell an interminable story. I say nothing of illnesses coming one
upon another, hard winter weather, and press of work, for all this has
been already made known to you. Now, for my sins, I have lost my
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prolegomena. | the only comfort I
had in life. Do not smile, if, old as I am, I lament my
orphanhood. Forgive me if I cannot endure separation from a soul,
to compare with whom I see nothing in the future that lies before
me. So once more my complaints have come back to me; once more I
am confined to my bed, tossing about in my weakness, and every hour all
but looking for the end of life; and the Churches are in somewhat the
same condition as my body, no good hope shining on them, and their
state always changing for the worse. In the meantime
Neocæsarea and Ancyra have decided to have successors of the dead,
and so far they are at peace. Those who are plotting against me
have not yet been permitted to do anything worthy of their bitterness
and wrath. This we make no secret of attributing to your prayers
on behalf of the Churches. Weary not then in praying for the
Churches and in entreating God. Pray give all salutations to
those who are privileged to minister to your
Holiness.E.C.F. INDEX & SEARCH
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