| Περὶ τῶν ἐναρξαμένων, καὶ μὴ τελειωσάντων τὸ θαυμάσιον ἔργον τῆς ἀρετῆς, λεχθείη ἂν τὸ προφητικὸν ἐκεῖνο· Τὰ ἔμπροσθεν αὐτοῦ παράδεισος τρυφῆς, καὶ τὰ ὀπισω πεδίον ἀφανισμοῦ. Ἅγιος Νειλος, Βιβλιον Πρῶτον, Ἐπιστολὴ ΤΛΓ' Χειμασιῳ Source: Migne PG 79.201d-204a |
Concerning those things which are in their beginnings and not perfected as a wonderous work of virtue, that prophecy was spoken: 'Before them the joys of paradise, behind them a field of ruin.' 1 Saint Nilus of Sinai, Book 1, Letter 333 to Cheimasius 1 Joel 2.3 |
13 May 2022
Perfecting Virtue
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