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St Basil the Great, tr. Lowther Clarke, 1925
Rule 19: If Any Man Be Suspected of Sin But Does Not Commit It Openly, Must We Watch Him…
Evil suspicions springing from a mind wilfully bad are condemned by the apostle.1 But he who has been entrusted with the care of all must watch all in the love of Christ and desire to cure the evil he suspects, that the apostle’s words may come to pass: “That we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus.”2
Notes
- Cf. 1 Tim. vi. 4.
- Col. i. 28 add Ἰησοῦ after Χριστοῦ K.