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5 Nov 2018

Dead Works

Οὐ μόνον δυσώδη καὶ ἄκαρπα, ἀλλὰ γὰρ καὶ νεκρὰ κλητέον τὰ ἔργα τῆς ἁμαρτίας

Ἅγιος Νειλος, Βιβλιον Πρῶτον, Ἐπιστολὴ ΡΟϚ Φιλαργιῳ Ἀναγηωστῃ
Not only wicked and fruitless should the works of sin be named but even dead.

Saint Nilus of Sinai, Book 1, Letter 176, to Philagrius The Lector

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