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St Basil the Great, tr. Lowther Clarke, 1925
Rule 69: How are We to Deal with the Man Who Eats No Less Than the Rest, Who is Not an…
Every excuse for idleness is an excuse for sin; for we must show zeal even unto death; likewise endurance. But that slothfulness coupled with wickedness condemns the slothful man is plain from the words of the Lord, “Thou wicked and slothful servant.”1
Notes
- Mt. xxv. 26†.