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Theodoret is the last great torchbearer of Christian rhetoric in Asia, and De Providentia is regarded by many as exhibiting his literary power in its highest form.

be satisfied with what they have and abstain from what does not belong to them. 35. Remember why Adam, the father of the human race, was delivered to death. He owned all the trees in paradise but was dissatisfied with what he was given; the enjoyment of all the trees in their abundance was not enough for him. He dared to touch the tree of knowledge which his Maker had forbidden him to touch. Through his insatiable disease and unlawful desire he was deprived of paradise. I will subject you to these
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