Nicene & Post-Nicene Fathers — Second Series Vol. 12 — Gregory to Sabinianus, &c.
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Work: Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers — Second Series Volume 12
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Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers Second Series Vol. 12
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I am well delighted in thy sincerity, dearest brother, knowing how, with the discrimination of a careful judgment, it both obeys where obedience is due and resists where resistance is due with priestly zeal. For with what alacrity of devotion thou hast submitted to what we enjoined for the fault of thy past transgression is disclosed to us by the contents of the letters which thou hast sent to us by the bearer of these presents. For indeed my beloved brother could not take it otherwise than as it was enjoined by one who loves him. Hence I trust in the compassion of Almighty God that Hi…
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