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St Basil the Great, tr. Lowther Clarke, 1925

31. Rule 31: Must We Not Laugh at All (R. 53)

Since the Lord condemns those that laugh it is obvious that there is never a time of laughter for the believer, especially when there is so great a multitude of those who by transgression of the law dishonour God and are dead in sins, for whom one should mourn and grieve. b

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