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The Church Fathers · c. 393–435
The Letters
Isidore of Pelusium · c. 360–c. 435
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What it is
Around two thousand very short letters of exegesis, moral advice, and blunt rebuke, addressed to bishops, officials, and monks alike.
Why it lasted
An unmatched collection of brief pastoral counsel, and a candid record of clerical corruption in fifth-century Egypt.
Where to read it
Public domain and free to read in full, though not held here. The archives below have it.
These open a search on each archive rather than a direct link, which is the honest way to point at an edition nobody here has checked line by line.
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