Первое каноническое послание Василия Великого к епископу Амфилохию Иконийскому Вступление

To a fool, as it is said in the scripture, whoever asks about wisdom, wisdom will be imputed (Prov. 17:28): but the questioning of a wise man, it seems, makes wise even a foolish one. This, by the grace of God, happens to us every time we receive the writings of your hardworking soul. For I become more knowledgeable and more reasonable than myself, learning from the question itself much that I did not know before. Taking care of the answer is done for me by the teacher. In truth, even now, having never been preoccupied with the subjects of your questions, I am forced to examine them with precision, and to bring to mind what I have heard from the elders, and to come up with my own thoughts in accordance with what I have learned. You might be interested in: