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Shorter Rules
St Basil the Great, tr. Lowther Clarke, 1925
280. Rule 280: Who is the Pure in Heart? (R. 148)
He who has not to blame himself for spurning the commandment of God or leaving it undone or neglecting it.2
Notes
- See Mt. v. 8.
- Cf. B. 296 and note that according to Bas. the commandments can be kept.