Quote from Letter 5,42 to Anastasius, bishop of Antioch. 1 June 595
Now there is no longer any doubt that many blossoms of human souls are springing up in its valleys [i.c. number of converts and 'depth' of christian belief in the patriarchate of Antioch, AS] , and that they are turning into mature fruit through the strams of your tongue. And so, we render unto almighty God with our voices due praise from heart and mouth, from deep within our souls, and we rejoice in your Beatitude, and not only in you, but in all of those who are subject to you.
From your Holiness, so charming and pleasant to me, I have in fact received a letter perspiring, as it were, from your hard work itself. And indeed I know that after those hight points of peacefulness, in which you were touching heavenly secrets with the hand of your heart, it is extremely har dto put up with the world outside. But remember that you rule an apostolic see, and may more quickly moderate your sorrow, since you have become all things to all men. In the book of Kings, as your Holiness knows very well, someone is described 'who use either hand for the right hand'. In this matter I am nor in doubts over my Lord Anastasius, formerly my most charming and pleasant patron.
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