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St Basil the Great, tr. Lowther Clarke, 1925
Rule 26: He Who Speaks Against a Brother or Hears Another Speaking Against Him and Does…
Both deserve to be banished from the society of their brethren. For “he who speaketh against his neighbour secretly, him was I driving out.”1 And elsewhere it is said: “Be not glad to hear one speaking evil, lest thou be lifted up.”2
Notes
- Ps. ci. 5.
- Prov. xx. 13 μὴ ἡδέως ἄκουε καταλαλοῦντος, Sw. (B) μὴ ἀγάπα καταλαλεῖν.