Saint Basil of Caesarea

October 1, 2016 § Leave a comment

“killing…. was sometimes necessary but never praiseworthy,”

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basil_of_Caesarea

 

is in his Sermon to the Lazicans that we find St. Basil explaining how it is our common nature that obliges us to treat our neighbor’s natural needs (e.g., hunger, thirst) as our own, even though he is a separate individual.

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