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St Basil the Great, tr. Lowther Clarke, 1925
Rule 229: Should We Confess Forbidden Deeds to All, Suppressing Feelings of Shame, or to…
The same fashion should be observed in the confession of sins as in the showing of bodily diseases. As then men reveal the diseases of the body not to all or to chance comers but to those who are experienced in their treatment; so also the confession of sins ought to take place in the presence of those who are able to treat them, as it is written: “Ye that are strong bear the infirmities of the weak”’1’—that is, take them away by your care.”
Notes
- Rom. xv. 1 1.