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St Basil the Great, tr. Lowther Clarke, 1925

Rule 273: What is It by Doing Which a Man Blasphemes Against the Holy Spirit?

From the blasphemy then uttered by the Pharisees, against whom this judgment was pronounced, it is clear that even now that man blasphemes against the Holy Spirit who ascribes to the adversary the workings and fruits of the Holy Spirit. Most of us are guilty of this when, as often happens, we recklessly style the earnest man vainglorious, or falsely ascribe anger to him who shows good zeal, or with our malicious suspicions give false names to other things of the kind.

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