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26 Sept 2014

Asceticism And Discernment

Εἶπε πάλιν, ὅτι Εἰσι τινες κατατριψαντες τὰ ἑαυτῶν σώματα ἐν ἀσκήσει, και διὰ τὸ μὴ ἔσχηκέναι αὐτοὺς διάκρισιν, μακρὰν τοῦ Θεοῦ γεγόνασιν.

᾽Αποφθεγματα των ἀγιων γεροντων, Παλλαδιος

Source: Migne PG 65.77b
Again Father Anthony said, 'They are some who wear out the body in asceticism and have not discernment; and they are far from God.'

Sayings of the Fathers, Palladius of Galatia

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