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Shorter Rules

St Basil the Great, tr. Lowther Clarke, 1925

Rule 227: Ought Each Man to Impart His Thoughts to Others, or, Fully Convinced that What…

Remembering God’s declaration which He spoke by the prophet: “Woe unto you who are prudent among yourselves and wise before yourselves,”1 and the apostle’s words: “For I long to see you that I may impart unto you some spiritual gift, to the end ye may be established; that is, that I with you may be comforted in you, each of us by the other’s faith, both yours and mine,”2 we think it necessary to refer things to those who are like-minded3 and have given proof of both faith and understanding, in order that what is erroneous may be corrected, what is right may be stablished, and we may escape the judgment impending on those who are wise for themselves.

Notes

  1. Isa. v. 21 ἐνώπιον ἑαυτῶν with AQΓ, Sw. (B) ἐν. αὐτῶν.
  2. Rom. i. 11; 12.
  3. τοῖς ὁμοψύχοις, see Intr. p. 46 f.

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