Правило 43 Василия Великого

He who deals a mortal blow to his neighbor is a murderer, whether he struck first or took revenge. (Ap. 65; Trul. 91; Ankyr. 21, 22, 23; Basil Vel. 2, 8, 11, 13, 33, 52, 54, 56, 57; Gregory of Nyssk. 5). This rule of St. Basil is in connection with many of his other rules about murderers (see parallel rules). You might be interested in: