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St Basil the Great, tr. Lowther Clarke, 1925
Rule 311: If Asked by Some to Visit Them, Should We Consent?
To pay visits is pleasing to God; but the visitor must be a wise listener and prudent in his answers, fulfilling the saying: “Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer each one.”1 But to pay visits because of kindred or friendship is alien to our profession.
Notes
- Col. iv. 6 ἔστω ὁ λόγος ὑμῶν ἐν χάριτι **.