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

Without inscription: about Therasius.Without inscription: about Therasius. 2271Letter LXXVII. 2270One good thing we have certainly gained from the government of the great Therasiusand that is that you have frequently paid us a visit. Now, alas! we have lost our governor,and we are deprived of this good thing too. But since the boons once given us by God remainimmovable, and, although we are parted in body, abide fixed by memory in the souls ofeach of us, let us constantly write, and communicate our needs to one another. And thiswe may well do at the present moment, when the storm for a brief space has cried a truce.I trust that you will not part from the admirable Therasius, for I think that it is very becomingto share his great anxieties, and I am delighted at the opportunity given you both of seeingyour friends and of being seen by them. 2272 I have much to say about many things, but Iput it off till we meet, for it is, I think, hardly safe to entrust matters of such importance toletters.2270 Of the same date as the preceding.2271 Perhaps to Elpidius. Therasius is probably the governor referred to in Letter xcvi. to Sophronius.2272 The text is here corrupt. The Ben. Ed. say “corruptissimus.”504