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18 Mar 2018

An Errant Academic


Μὴ παῥῥησιάζου, ὦ ἄνθρωπε. Αἰσχύνεσθαι γὰρ ὀφείλεις κατὰ κράτος, καθ' ὅτι τὰς μοιχείας ἐπαινεῖς τῶν Θεῶν σου, καὶ τὰς παιδοφθορίας, καὶ προσκυνεῖς τὰ ὀλέθρια πάθη τῆς αἰσχρουργίας, καὶ οὐδὲν παντελῶς δύνῃ ὑπὲρ τὸ σῶμα διανοεῖσθαι

Ἅγιος Νειλος, Βιβλιον Πρῶτον, Ἐπιστολὴ Ϛ' Ἡφαιστῳ Σκολαστικῳ
Do not speak freely, O man. Rather you should be ashamed of your achievements, for the gods you praise are adultery and the corruption of boys, and you venerate the ruinous passion of disgraceful deeds, and nothing more you are able to conceive than the body.


Saint Nilus of Sinai, Book 1, Letter 6 To Hephaestus the Academic





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