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St Basil the Great, tr. Lowther Clarke, 1925
Rule 110: When a Sister Confesses to a Senior Should the Senior Sister Be Present Too?…
Confession to the senior, who is able to prescribe the manner of repentance and correction with due knowledge, will take place more fittingly and discreetly in the presence of the senior sister.
Notes
- ἀδελφῆς τῷ πρεσβυτέρῳ . . . τὴν πρεσβυτέραν. R. has “soror . . . presbytero . . matrem monasterii,” which would naturally be taken to mean “when a sister confesses to a priest should the Mother-Superior be present?” I do not think this is B.’s meaning, see Intr. p. 40.