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St Basil the Great, tr. Lowther Clarke, 1925
Rule 141: Is It Right If Strangers are Found in the Workshops, or Even Some of the…
If any one is found doing this, with the exception of him who is entrusted with the oversight of the workers and the management of their work, let him be prevented from the legitimate going out, as one who destroys the discipline and harmony of the members; and sitting in one place, which has been judged suitable for punishment, let him work without distraction and more laboriously than usual, until he learns to keep the apostle’s words: ‘“Let each man, wherein he was called, therein abide with God.”2
Notes
- Cf. Ep. xxii. 2: “No one ought to be found going from one workshop to another.”
- 1 Cor. vii. 24.