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St Basil the Great, tr. Lowther Clarke, 1925
Rule 76: Is It Lawful to Lie in Order to Achieve Some Supposed Good?
It is forbidden by the decision of the Lord Who said once for all that lying is of the devil,1 and allowed no difference in lying. And the apostle testifies the same, writing thus: And if a man contend in the games he is not crowned except he have contended lawfully.”
Notes
- See Jn. viii. 44.