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St Basil the Great, tr. Lowther Clarke, 1925
Rule 169: If a Younger Brother Be Ordered to Teach Something to One Who is Senior to Him…
As one who fulfils a service according to the command of the Lord God; fearing lest he fall into the condemnation pronounced by him who said: “Cursed be every one that doeth the works of the Lord carelessly”2; but at the same time taking precautions lest blinded with pride he fall into the condemnation of the devil.
Notes
- Jer. xliii. 10.
- Cf. 1 Tim. iii. 6.