Persuade him — or drive him from Christ’s fold
Persuade him, emperor, if he will change his mind, not to fight the apostolic teachings; or, if he stays sunk in the impieties in which he was caught, wipe him clean out of Christ’s fold and ours — so that the muddy flattery of his words may not make pasture of simpler souls.
Greek
Τοῦτον ἂν πείσειας, αὐτοκράτωρ, μεταφρονοῦντα, τοῖς ἀποστολικοῖς μὴ ἀντιτείνειν διδάγμασιν· ἢ τοῖς ἐν οἷς ἑάλω κακοδοξίας ἐγκείμενον ἀσεβήμασιν, ἄρδην τῆς Χριστοῦ καὶ ἡμῶν ἀφανίσειας ἐπαύλεως, ὡς ἂν μὴ τῆς θολερᾶς αὐτοῦ λογοθωπείας τὰς τῶν ἁπλουστέρων ψυχὰς ἐργάσηται θέραμα.
About this text
Address (PG marks Spurious) thanking Constantine and urging the Nicaea council against Arius.
Catalogue & scope
Khazarzar scan
Witnesses
- Copy-text PG 18 (Khazarzar) (Greek)
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