![]() And because present examples forewarn us to be vigilant in the future, any bishop, presbyter, and deacon henceforth found in this situation-which we hope will not happen-should understand right now that every avenue of forgiveness from us for himself is blocked, because it is necessary that wounds which do not respond to the medication of a soothing compress should be excised with a knife. ![]() But those who lean on the excuse of an illicit privilege by asserting that this was conceded to them in the old law, let them know that they have been expelled by the authority of the apostolic see from every ecclesiastical office, which they used unworthily, nor can they ever touch the mysteries which ought to be venerated, of which they deprived themselves when they were obsessed with obscene desires. And because a considerable number of those of whom we speak, as your holiness reported, lament that they lapsed in ignorance, we declare that mercy should not be denied to them, with this condition: if henceforth they strive to conduct themselves continently, they should continue as long as they live in that office which they held when they were caught, without any advancement in rank. Est autem etiam actio quaedam corporis, quae motus et status naturae congruentis tenet Idem fecisset Epicurus, si sententiam hanc, quae nunc Hieronymi est. You have sent a letter to me through the hand of a “friend” of yours, as you call him.11. What does it matter how much a man has laid up in his safe, or in his warehouse, how large are his flocks and how fat his dividends, if he covets his neighbour’s property, and reckons, not his past gains, but his hopes of gains to come? Do you ask what is the proper limit to wealth? It is, first, to have what is necessary, and, second, to have what is enough. It is not the man who has too little, but the man who craves more, that is poor. uelit nolit, necesse est illi omnia uidere 5 quae in caelo aguntur: Appiae uiae curator est, qua scis et diuum Augustum et Tiberium Caesarem ad deos isse. He says: “Contented poverty is an honourable estate.” Indeed, if it be contented, it is not poverty at all. tamen si necesse fuerit auctorem producere, quaerito ab eo qui Drusillam euntem in caelum uidit: idem Claudium uidisse se dicet iter facientem non passibus aequis. The thought for to-day is one which I discovered in Epicurus a for I am wont to cross over even into the enemy’s camp,-not as a deserter, but as a scout. This is my own custom from the many things which I have read, I claim some one part for myself. : He wishes that he didnt wish, but it is necessary for him to see everything that is done in the sky: he is the guard of the apian way, by which you know both divine Augustus and Tiberius. Each day acquire something that will fortify you against poverty, against death, indeed against other misfortunes as well and after you have run over many thoughts, select one to be thoroughly digested that day. Velit nolit, necesse est illi Omnia videre, quae in caelo aguntur Appiae viae curator est, qua scis et divum Augustum et Tiberium Caesarem ad deos isse. ![]() So you should always read standard authors and when you crave a change, fall back upon those whom you read before. They are manifold and varied, they cloy but do not nourish. III.ġ Epistulas ad me perferendas tradidisti, ut scribis, amico tuo: deinde admones me, ne omnia cum eo ad te pertinentia communicem, quia non soleas ne ipse quidem id facere ita in 1 eadem epistula illum et Quid enim refert, quantum illi in arca, quantum in horreis iaceat, quantum pascat aut feneret, si alieno inminet, si non adquisita sed adquirenda computat? Quis sit divitiarum modus, quaeris? Primus habere quod necesse est, proximus quod sat est. Non qui parum habet, sed qui plus cupit, pauper est. Inquit, “res est laeta paupertas.” Illa vero non est paupertas, si laeta est. Hodiernum hoc est, quod apud Epicurum nanctus sum soleo enim et in aliena castra transire, nonĦ tamquam transfuga, sed tamquam explorator. Nec minus adversus ceteras pestes: et cum multa percurreris, unum excerpe, quod illo die concoquas.ĥ Hoc ipse quoque facio ex pluribus, quae legi, aliquid adprehendo. Aliquid cotidie adversus paupertatem, aliquid adversus mortem auxilii compara, Probatos itaque semper lege, et si quando ad alios deverti libuerit, ad priores redi. ![]() Varia sunt et diversa, inquinant, non alunt.
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