A Warning About Teaching

Μὴ πολλοὶ γίνεσθε διδάσκαλοι, ἀδελφοὶ,' ὁ δίκαιος γράφει Ἰάκωβος. Μὴ πολλοὶ διδὰσακαλοι γίνεσθε μοναχοὶ, ὁ ἐλάχίστος γράφω Ἰσίδωρος· εἰ καὶ μὴ δόκιμος μοναχὸς, ἀλλ' Ἰακώβου ἀκροατής. Δίικαιοι τοίνυν ἂν εἴητε, εἰ καὶ τοῦ ἀκροατοῦ παραγράφεσθε τὴν εὐτέλειαν, ἀλλ' αἰδεῖσθαι τοῦ δικαίου καὶ σοφοῦ τὴν δικαίαν ἀπόφασιν. Ἅγιος Ἰσίδωρος Του Πηλουσιώτου, Βιβλιον Πρῶτον, Ἐπιστολή ϟΓ' ,Τῃ Ἐν Τῃ Ταβεννησιᾳ Μονῃ

'Let not many of you be teachers, brothers,'1 writes James the Just. Let not many monks be teachers, I write, Isidore the Least, if not a celebrated monk, at least a pupil of James. Just then be and if you demur at the baseness of being a pupil, be at least ashamed to defy the righteousness of one just and righteous. Saint Isidore of Pelusium, Book 1, Letter 93, To the Tabennesia Monks 1 Jam 3.1