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St Basil the Great, tr. Lowther Clarke, 1925
Rule 72: If a Man Behaves Indecently in the Brotherhood at Meal Times, Eating or Drinking…
Such a man keeps not the commandment of the apostle, “Whether ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God,” and again:1 Let all things be done decently and in order,”2 and he needs correction, unless the necessities of toil or of hurry should create an urgency. But even then we must be zealous to preserve freedom from offence.
Notes
- 11 Cor. x. 31.
- 1 Cor. xiv. 40.