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NPNF2-08. Basil: Letters and Select Works - Holy Bible Institute

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To Eusebius of Samosata.Letter XXX. 2004To Eusebius of Samosata.If I were to write at length all the causes which, up to the present time, have kept me athome, eager as I have been to set out to see your reverence, I should tell an interminablestory. I say nothing of illnesses coming one upon another, hard winter weather, <strong>and</strong> pressof work, for all this has been already made known to you. Now, for my sins, I have lost myMother, 2005 the only comfort I had in life. Do not smile, if, old as I am, I lament myorphanhood. Forgive me if I cannot endure separation from a soul, to compare with whomI see nothing in the future that lies before me. So once more my complaints have come backto me; once more I am confined to my bed, tossing about in my weakness, <strong>and</strong> every hourall but looking for the end of life; <strong>and</strong> the Churches are in somewhat the same condition asmy body, no good hope shining on them, <strong>and</strong> their state always changing for the worse. Inthe meantime Neocæsarea <strong>and</strong> Ancyra have decided to have successors of the dead, <strong>and</strong> sofar they are at peace. Those who are plotting against me have not yet been permitted to doanything worthy of their bitterness <strong>and</strong> wrath. This we make no secret of attributing toyour prayers on behalf of the Churches. Weary not then in praying for the Churches <strong>and</strong>in entreating God. Pray give all salutations to those who are privileged to minister to yourHoliness.2004 Placed in 369.2005 Emmelia. Vide account of <strong>Basil</strong>’s family in the prolegomena.417

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