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Dedication to the Most Pious and Christ-loving Emperor Theodosius

from Against Julian

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 September 2025

Edited and translated by
Matthew R. Crawford  and
Aaron P. Johnson
With
Edward Jeremiah
Matthew R. Crawford
Affiliation:
Australian Catholic University, Melbourne
Aaron P. Johnson
Affiliation:
Lee University, Tennessee
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1 The successes of your holy empire are noteworthy, remarkable, and cannot be expressed in words, and the incomparability of your piety, which is like an inheritance come to you from above, you have successfully defended from the arrows of envy, thanks to the skill in all things excellent that you received from your father and also your grandfather,1 as is obvious in this instance.2

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Cyril of Alexandria: Against Julian
Introduction and Translation
 , pp. 67 - 70
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2025

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