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To Antiochus. 2482
Letter CXLVI. 2481
I cannot accuse you of carelessness and inattention, because, when an opportunity of
writing occurred, you said nothing. For I count the greeting which you have sent me in
your own honoured hand worth many letters. In return I salute you, and beg you earnestly
to give heed to the salvation of your soul, disciplining all the lusts of the flesh by reason, and
ever keeping the thought of God built up in your soul, as in a very holy temple. In every
deed and every word hold before your eyes the judgment of Christ, so that every individual
action, being referred to that exact and awful examination may bring you glory in the day
of retribution, when you win praise from all creation. If that great man 2483 should be able
to pay me a visit, it would be a pleasure to me to see you here with him.
2481 Placed in 373.
2482 Nephew of Eusebius, who had written a salutation in his uncle’s letter. cf. Letter clxviii.
2483 i.e. his uncle Eusebius.
To Antiochus.
597