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The Works Of John Cassian by John Cassian

Chapter XIX. A saying of S. Basil, the Bishop, directed against Syncletius.

There is current a saying of S. Basil, Bishop of Cæsarea, directed against a certain Syncletius, who was growing indifferent with the sort of lukewarmness of which we have spoken; who, though he professed to have renounced this world, had yet kept back for himself some of his property, not liking to be supported by the labour of his own hands, and to acquire true humility by stripping himself and by grinding toil, and the subjection of the monastery: |You have,| said he, |spoilt Syncletius, and not made a monk.|
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