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

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To a bishop.Letter CCLXXXII. 3241To a bishop.You blame me for not inviting you; <strong>and</strong>, when invited, you do not attend. That yourformer excuse was an empty one is clear from your conduct on the second occasion. Forhad you been invited before, in all probability you would never have come.Act not again unadvisedly, but obey this present invitation; since you know that its repetitionstrengthens an indictment, <strong>and</strong> that a second lends credibility to a previous accusation.I exhort you always to bear with me; or even if you cannot, at any rate it is your dutynot to neglect the Martyrs, to join in whose commemoration you are invited. Rendertherefore your service to us both; or if you will not consent to this, at any rate to the moreworthy.3241 Placed in the episcopate.851

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