Letter to John the Bishop of Aelia
A letter written to John, the Bishop of Aelia. Epiphanius the Bishop greets the most venerable brother, Pope John, in the Lord.
It was necessary for us, beloved, not to be carried along by the appearance of lots, for the divine Scripture says: 'neither murmur as some murmured and were destroyed by the destroyer.' And the God of peace will act with us, according to his own philanthropy, so that Satan may be crushed under the feet of us Christians, and every evil pretext may be driven away, so that the bond of us may not be split may not be split.
Greek
Epistula ad Joannem Hierosolymitanum Πρὸς Ἰωάννην τὸν Αἰλείας ἐπίσκοπον ἐπιγεγραμμένη ἐπιστολή. Τῷ αἰδεσιμωτάτῳ ἀδελφῷ πάπᾳ Ἰωάννῃ Ἐπιφάνιος ἐπίσκοπος ἐν Κυρίῳ χαίρειν. Ἔδει ἡμᾶς ἀγαπητὲ μὴ τῇ οἰήσει τῶν κλήρων φέρεσθαι, ἀλλὰ ... 282 ... φησὶ γὰρ ἡ θεία γραφή· (Paul. ad. Cor. 10, 10) μηδὲ γογγύζετε καθάπερ τινὲς ἐγόγγυσαν καὶ ἀπώλοντο ὑπὸ τοῦ ὀλοθρευτοῦ (cf. 10, 9 ὑπὸ τῶν ὄφεων ἀπώλοντο) ... ... ὁ δὲ θεὸς τῆς εἰρήνης ποιήσει μεθ' ἡμῶν κατὰ τὴν αὑτοῦ φιλανθρωπίαν εἰς τὸ συντριβῆναι τὸν σατανᾶν ὑπὸ τοὺς πόδας ἡμῶν τῶν Χριστιανῶν καὶ ἀποδιωχθῆναι πᾶσαν πρόφασιν πονηρὰν εἰς τὸ μὴ σχισθῆναι τὸν σύνδεσμον ἐξ ἡμῶν τῆς τοῦ
About this text
A bishop's urgent plea for unity and truth amid accusations of idolatry in a holy land.
Catalogue & scope
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Witnesses
- Copy-text PG 41–43 (Khazarzar) (Greek)
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