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Shorter Rules
St Basil the Great, tr. Lowther Clarke, 1925
Rule 59: If a Man Only Thinks of Doing a Thing and Does Not Do It, is He Too to Be Judged…
If what he thought of doing is according to the commandment he is condemned not only as a liar but also as disobedient. For God trieth the hearts and reins.”1
Notes
- Ps. vii. 9.