Eusebius, bishop of Samosata
historical figure · 1 work · 6 mentions · 17 anchored passages
Eusebius · your Reverence · Eusebius of Samosata · your Holiness · your Honour · your perfection · your reverence
in the texts
Letters
Bishop of Samosata, a close friend and frequent correspondent of Basil, addressee of four letters in this window.
I, moreover, for the sake of other pressing matters too, needed to come together with your Reverence, and to take counsel about many things and to learn many things.
Whether, then, one should not shrink from ordinations beyond one's borders, and what answer should be given to the Sebastenes, and how one should be disposed towards the proposals of Evagrius — about all this I needed to be instructed by meeting your Honour in person, of which I have been deprived through my present weakness.
What state of soul do you think I was in when I received the letter of your Reverence?