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St Basil the Great, tr. Lowther Clarke, 1925
Rule 63: What Must a Man Do to Be Condemned Like Those Who Murmured Against the Last…
Each is condemned for his own sin—the murmurers for murmuring. But different people murmur for different reasons. Some because they lack the means of repletion, as for instance the gluttonous and those who make their belly their god. Others, because honoured equally with the late comers they gave a proof of envy the yoke-fellow of murder. Others again for other reasons.