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St Basil the Great, tr. Lowther Clarke, 1925
Rule 120: Should a Man Go Away Anywhere Without Mentioning It to the Superior (R. 80)
Since the Lord says: “I am not come of myself, but He sent me,”2 how much rather should one of us not allow himself anything? For he that allows himself anything is clearly guilty of the sin of pride and is subject to the condemnation of the Lord Who said: “That which is exalted among men is an abomination in the sight of God.”3 So generally to allow anything to oneself is blameworthy.
Notes
- Trivial absences, not sufficiently important to be called journeys, seem to be meant.
- Jn. vii. 28 ¶.
- Lk. xvi. 15.