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St Basil the Great, tr. Lowther Clarke, 1925
49. Rule 49: What is to Vaunt Oneself? (R. 142)
Everything assumed not for necessity but for show deserves the charge of vaunting.
Notes
- περπερεύεσθαι. Only in N.T. in 1 Cor. xiii. 4. Cf. Clem. Al. Paed. iii. 1 περπερεία γὰρ ὁ καλλωπισμὸς περιττότητος καὶ ἀχρειότητος ἔχων ἔμφασιν. B.’s answer is quoted in canon 16 of the 2nd Council of Nicaea.