| Τῆς σαρκὸς τὸ σκίρτημα, καὶ τὴν αἰσχρὰν ἔφεσιν, τῷ τῆς νηστείας ἱμάντι μαστίξαντες, καὶ τῷ λόγῳ πείσωμεν ἡσυχάζειν. Ἅγιος Νειλος, Βιβλιον Πρῶτον, Ἐπιστολὴ ΡΞΗ' , Σωφρονι Τριβουνῳ Source: Migne PG 79.149b |
The unruly flesh and shameful appetites are beaten down with the whip of fasting, and thus in possession of reason we may enter into peace. Saint Nilus of Sinai, Book 1, Letter 168, to Sophron the Tribune |
5 Mar 2020
Fasting, Reason And Peace
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