The Old and the New

Τὰς Ἐλλήνων Θεοποιίας, καὶ ἂς καλοῦσι θεογονίας, Ὀρφεύς τε καὶ Ὅμηερος καὶ Ἡσίοδος, καὶ ὅσοι κατ' ἐκείνους ἐδίδαξαν, πολλὰς καὶ βίβλους καὶ δόξας συνείραντες, Τὴν ἡμετέραν δὲ θρησκείαν δύο πυκταὶ διδάξουσιν, ἂς ἐπέμψαμεν, ὦν ἡ μὲν Πρεσβυτέρα, ἡ δὲ Νέα Διαθήκη προσαγορεύεται. Εἰ δὲ ἀληθεύουσιν αὖται μᾶλλον ἐκείνων καὶ τοῖς ὀνόμασι καὶ τοῖς πράγμασιν, εὑρήσειας, πέπεισμαι, καὶ κρατήσειας τί ἄμεινον. Ἅγιος Ἰσίδωρος Του Πηλουσιώτου, Βιβλίον Πρῶτον, Ἐπιστολή ΚΑ', Ἀμμωνιῳ Σκολαστικῳ

Of the deeds of the Gods of the the Gentiles and those things which they call theogonies, Orpheus and Homer and Hesiod and many others like them have spoken, in many books and collections of compact sayings. Our religion has two books of teachings, which we send to you, one which is named the Old and the other the New Testament. Whether these with names and deeds incline more to truth you may discover. I am persuaded that you'll hold fast to what is better. Saint Isidore of Pelusium, Book 1, Letter 21, to the Scholar Ammonius