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St Basil the Great, tr. Lowther Clarke, 1925
Rule 312: Should We Exhort the Laity Who Visit Us to Prayer?
If they are friends of God,1 it is fitting; for to such the apostle wrote: “Pray also for me, that utterance may be given me in opening my mouth, to speak with boldness the mystery of God.”2
Notes
- A very important phrase, cf. Intr. p. 51.
- Eph. vi. 19 περὶ ἐμοῦ for ὑπὲρ ἐμοῦ*, μετὰ παρρησίας for ἐν παρρησίᾳ**, λαλῆσαι for γνωρίσαι*, τοῦ θεοῦ for τοῦ εὐαγγελίου**.