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St Basil the Great, tr. Lowther Clarke, 1925
Rule 131: Does He Act Aright Who Partakes Not of the Same Dishes as the Brethren But…
Generally speaking to seek food is against the commandment, for the Lord said: “Seek not ye what ye shall eat or what ye shall drink, and be ye not of doubtful mind,” and in more reproachful terms He added: ‘for all these things do the nations seek after.” But it is the part of the proper officer to fulfil diligently the words: “And distribution was made unto each, according as any one had need.”1
Notes
- Lk. xii. 29; 30 omit τοῦ κόσμου*.