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St Basil the Great, tr. Lowther Clarke, 1925
Rule 159: How Shall We Characterise One Who is Cross with Him that Rebukes Him? (R. 25)
He knows neither the peril of sin, especially as regards God, nor the gain that comes from repentance, nor has he believed the words: ‘He that loveth chastiseth diligently,”1 and he has made himself a stranger to the benefit described by him who said: “A righteous man will correct me in mercy and reprove me.”2 Moreover the intercourse of such a man with the brethren is harmful, for he draws them away from their spiritual contest.
Notes
- Prov. xiii. 24.
- Ps. cxli. 5.