A note from a Father of the Church to everyone who texts and tweets. Tip o’ the biretta to the Laudator.
Basil, letter XII (to Olympius; tr. Roy J. Deferrari):
You used to write us little enough, but now you do not write even that little; and if your brevity keeps increasing with the time, it seems likely to become complete speechlessness.
ἔγραφες ἡμῖν πρότερον μὲν ὀλίγα, νῦν δὲ οὐδὲ ὀλίγα· καὶ ἔοικεν ἡ βραχυλογία προϊοῦσα τῷ χρόνῳ παντελὴς γίνεσθαι ἀφωνία.
sooooooooo………………YES! to social media!
So that’s only 98 Greek characters. Would have been something if it turned out to be 140. Makes me think that it would be cool to assume the persona of a church father as a twitter handle and tweet some poignant texts.
IOW tweet, text, FB, MORE!