The Path to Virtue
It is a small thing to train toward self-control and toward those beginning in virtue. Pitch a tent for Aileim, and the gates themselves are interpreted, carrying a sign for the entrance into virtue, and show the seventy phoenixes. Pitch a tent according to the twelve springs—for the phoenixes must also shout your victory, and the waters providing a flame that comforts the passions richly—until all the foreign nations, quenching everything, reach the land of promise (Hebrews 11:10), in which they will live the blessed life of apatheia, receiving as a reward for their labors the true joy.
Greek
σπάνις παιδαγωγεῖν πρὸς ἐγκράτειαν καὶ ἀρχομένους τῆς ἀρετῆς. Προσσκήνωσον τῇ Αἰλείμ πυλῶνες δὲ αὐτοὶ ἑρμηνεύονται, τῆς ἐπὶ τὴν ἀρετὴν εἰσόδου φερούσης σύμβολον καὶ δεῖξον τοὺς ἑβδομήκοντα φοίνικας. Σκήνωσον δὲ κατὰ τὰς δώδεκα πήγας–δεῖ γὰρ καὶ τὰ τῆς νίκης σε ὑποφωνεῖν φοίνικες σύμβολον καὶ τὴν τῶν παθῶν παραμυθεῖσθαι φλόγα παρέχοντα νάματα δαψιλῶς– ἕως ἂν πάντα καθελόντες τὰ ἀλλότρια ἔθνη φθάσωσιν εἰς τὴν γῆν τῆς ἐπαγγελίας, ἐν ᾗ τὸν μακάριον τῆς ἀπαθείας βιώσονται βίον μισθὸν τῶν πόνων τὴν ἀληθινὴν κομιζόμενοι εὐφροσύνην. 1
About this text
A guide to spiritual leadership and discipleship, offering wisdom on guiding others toward virtue and faith.
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