Closing Request and Exhortation
For they were seeking to send it expectantly from Cyprus, so now I have sent what I found. Therefore, grant the favor of commanding the presbyter of the parish to receive from the reader that which has been sent, and I entreat you to command that such things are not done carelessly in the churches. For it is proper for your honor to care about all things and to speak clearly about the things profitable to the church of God and to the peoples who have believed in you.
Greek
ζητεῖν προσεδόκων γὰρ ἀπὸ Κύπρου ἀποστέλλεσθαι, νῦν οὖν ὅπερ εὗρον ἀπέστειλα. καταξίωσον οὖν κελεῦσαι τῷ πρεσβυτέρῳ τῆς παροικίας δέξασθαι παρὰ τοῦ ἀναγνώστου τὸ ἀπεσταλμένον, καὶ παρακαλῶ πρόσταξον ἵνα μὴ τοιαῦτα ἁπλοῦται ἐν ταῖς ἐκκλησίαις· πρέπει γὰρ τῇ σῇ τιμιότητι περὶ πάντων φροντίζειν καὶ ἀκριβολογεῖν περὶ τῶν συμφερόντων τῇ τοῦ θεοῦ ἐκκλησίᾳ καὶ τοῖς λαοῖς τοῖς ἐμπεπιστευμένοις σοι.
About this text
A bishop's urgent plea for unity and truth amid accusations of idolatry in a holy land.
Catalogue & scope
Khazarzar scan
Witnesses
- Copy-text PG 41–43 (Khazarzar) (Greek)
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