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16 Jun 2017

Warned from Communion

Φασι σέ τινες πάντα μὲν ἀπηγορευμένα, τινὰ δὲ πράττειν καὶ ἄθεσμα, τοϊς δὲ Θείοις μυστηρίοις τὰς χεῖρας προτείνειν συνεχῶς, καὶ μετέχειν τολμηρῶς τῶν ἀψαύστων σοι. Καὶ μοι λίαν ἐπῆλθε θαυμάσαι σου τὴν ἀναίδειαν, ὅτι ταῖς τῶν δαιμόνων τραπέζαις εἰς κόρον κοινωνῶν, καὶ τραπέζης Κυρίοι μετέχειν οὐ φοβῇ. Ἅρα οὖν μή τίς σε βρόχος καταλάβῃ, ὡς τὸν Ἰούδαν ἐπὶ τῇ προπετείᾳ ἑαυτοῦ ἀπογνόντα, καὶ τὴν προδοσίαν ἐνεργοῦντα, καὶ τὴν κοινωνίαν ἀπαιτοῦντα.

Ἅγιος Ἰσίδωρος Του Πηλουσιώτου, Βιβλιον Πρῶτον, Ἐπιστολή ΡΟ' Χαιρημονι
It is said that you do everything prohibited and unlawful and yet you are content to stretch forth hands for the Divine mysteries and dare partake of that which is forbidden to you. Such utter shamelessness strikes me with amazement, that taking your fill at the table of demons, you also do not fear to partake of the table of the Lord. See then lest you are caught in a snare, as Judas was, he whose recklessness drove him to despair, he who acted treacherously, he who demanded communion.


Saint Isidore of Pelusium, Book 1, Letter 170, To Chairemon

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