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[7] But you, oh God,whose thunder shakes the highest realms of heaven, 157 who
benevolently takes care of the human race, who has wanted to gather this council,
and who has caused us to deal with the matter of the Greeks 158 , I ask you: grant me
the ability to give good counsel and inspire this assembly to discuss the matter
profitably and constructively. For this matter is yours, this work is yours. All our
hope is in you; all our eyes are on you. And we believe that we can trust in your
assistance for all who have ever asked your help have received it. If I did not think
so, I would never have come here today to present my views. For I hope, kind
Fathers, that God will let me know what to say in his own cause, and that he will
bend and lead your minds towards the best solution. But let us now proceed to the
subject of my speech.
157 Terentius, Eunuch, 590. Quoted after the Loeb edition of 1994
158 I.e. the project of reunification of the Greek and the Roman (Latin) Church
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