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St Basil the Great, tr. Lowther Clarke, 1925
Rule 265: Are the Words, If Thou Art Offering Thy Gift at the Altar, and There…
We must accept this as spoken in a special and primary way to priests, for it is written: Ye shall be called priests of the Lord, all of you ministers of God”’3; and ‘“A sacrifice of praise shall glorify me4; and again: A sacrifice to the Lord is a troubled spirit.”5 And the apostle says: “That ye offer your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service.”6 All these things are common to all, and it is necessary that each of us should fulfil them.
Notes
- Mt. v. 23 καὶ ἐκεῖ for κἀκεῖ K, ἔχει τι before ὁ ἀδελφός **; 24.
- Cf. B. 64, 231 for priests in the monastery.
- Isa. lxi. 6, Sw. (B) omits πάντες.
- Ps. l. 23.
- Ps. li. 17.
- Rom. xii. 1.