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Shorter Rules

St Basil the Great, tr. Lowther Clarke, 1925

Rule 6: What of Him Who Professes in Word that He Repents But Does Not Correct His Sin?…

Concerning such a man I think this was written: If thine enemy entreat thee with a loud voice, be not persuaded; for there are seven wickednesses in his soul.”1 And elsewhere: “As a dog when he returns to his vomit and becomes hateful, so is a man who by his wickedness has returned to his sin.”2

Notes

  1. Prov. xxvi. 25 . . . μὴ πεισθῇς αὐτῷ· ἑπτὰ γάρ εἰσιν κτλ. with A etc., Sw. (B) omits αὐτῷ and εἰσιν.
  2. Prov. xxvi. 11 . . . οὕτως ἄνθρωπος τῇ ἰδίᾳ κακίᾳ κτλ., Sw. (B) οὕτως ἄφρων τῇ ἑαυτοῦ κακίᾳ.

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