Letters — Letter 115 — To Theodore, Bishop of Tyana

Sent around Easter AD 382 with a copy of the Philocalia, or selected anthology of Origen’s works edited by himself and Saint Basil.

Letter 115 — To Theodore, Bishop of Tyana

Source: Translated by Charles Gordon Browne and James Edward Swallow. From Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Second Series , Vol. 7. Edited by Philip Schaff and Henry Wace. ( Buffalo, NY: Christian Literature Publishing Co., 1894. ) Revised and edited for New Advent by Kevin Knight. <https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/3103c.htm>.

(Sent around Easter AD 382 with a copy of the Philocalia, or selected anthology of Origen's works edited by himself and Saint Basil.)

(Sent about Easter a.d. 382 with a copy of the Philocalia, or Chrestomathy of Origen's works edited by himself and S. Basil.)

You look forward to the Festival and the letters, and even better, you anticipate the actual occasion through your enthusiasm, and you provide us with a festival in advance. This is what Your Reverence gives us. In return, we give you the greatest thing we have: our prayers. But so that you may have some small token to remember us by, we send you the volume of the Philocalia of Origen, containing a selection of passages useful to students of literature. Please accept this, and give us proof of its usefulness by being helped through diligence and the Spirit.

You anticipate the Festival, and the letters, and, which is better still, the time by your eagerness, and you bestow on us a preliminary festival. Such is what Your Reverence gives us. And we in return give you the greatest thing we have, our prayers. But that you may have some small thing to remember us by, we send you the volume of the Philocalia of Origen, containing a selection of passages useful to students of literature. Deign to accept this, and give us a proof of its usefulness, being aided by diligence and the Spirit.


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