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St Basil the Great, tr. Lowther Clarke, 1925
Rule 194: What Mourning are We to Assume in Order to Be Counted Worthy of a Blessing? (R.…
This question is included in the one about sorrow after a godly sort.2 When we mourn for sins either because of the insult to God, for through transgression of the law a man dishonours God, or because of those who are in peril through sin. For the soul that sinneth”’ it says “it shall die.”3 And we imitate him that said: “‘And I should mourn for many of them that have sinned heretofore.”4
Notes
- See Mt. v. 4.
- B. 192.
- Ezek. xviii. 4 Bas. omits ἡ before ψυχή.
- 2 Cor. xii. 21.