Constantine’s Letter to Eusebius Praising His Work on Easter

“Victor Constantine, Greatest Augustus, to Eusebius. [a] “It is a hard task indeed, and beyond the power of language itself, to treat worthily of the mysteries of Christ, and to explain fittingly the controversy about the feast of Easter: both its origin and its precious and toilsome fulfillment. For even those who are able to grasp the things of God cannot describe them adequately. Even so, I am filled with admiration for your learning and zeal. I have not only read your work with pleasure myself, but have given directions, as you wished, for it to be shared with many sincere followers of our holy religion. Seeing, then, with what pleasure we receive favors of this kind from Your Wisdom, be so good as to gladden us more often with such writings. You admit that you have been trained in this practice from early on, so in urging you to your usual pursuits I am, as they say, urging a willing man. And certainly the high and confident opinion we hold shows that the person who has translated your writings into Latin is in no way unequal to the task, impossible as it is for such a translation to match fully the excellence of the works themselves. God keep you, beloved brother.” Such was his letter on this subject. The one about providing copies of the Scriptures for reading in the churches went as follows. [b]