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St Basil the Great, tr. Lowther Clarke, 1925
Rule 71: There are Some Who Seek Delicacies Rather Than Quantity in Their Eating; Others…
Both are spiritually sick, the one with love of luxury, the other with greed. Neither the luxurious nor the greedy escapes condemnation in any degree. So we must care for both compassionately to cure their disease. But if they are not cured of their sickness, then the judgment of them who repent not is clear.