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St Basil the Great, tr. Lowther Clarke, 1925
Rule 18: Whether It is Right that a Man Who Has Once Sinned Should Be Entrusted with Any…
Remembering the apostle’s words: ‘Give no occasion of stumbling either to Jews or to Greeks, or to the Church of God; even as I also please all men in all things, not seeking my own profit, but the profit of many, that they may be saved,”1 we ought to show great care lest we give offence to the gospel of Christ, and lest we become a stumbling-block to the weak and build up some in wickedness. Wherefore it is necessary in the case of such men that we consider and weigh what is best for the edification of the faith and the progress of every virtue in Christ.
Notes
- 1 Cor. x. 32 γίνεσθε after ἀπρόσκοποι K; 33.