Правило 54 Василия Великого
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About involuntary killings before, as I remember, I wrote for your piety, according to my strength, and moreover, I can’t say anything. It will be a matter of your prudence, depending on the particular case, to continue the punishment, or to alleviate it.
(Ap. 65; Trul. 91; Ankyr. 21, 22, 23; Basil Vel. 2, 8, 11, 43, 56, 57; Gregory of Nyssa. 5).
When asked by Amphilochius what kind of spiritual punishment a person who has committed unintentional murder is subject to, Basil the Great refers him to what he said on this issue in his first letter, i.e. to rule 8. To this Saint Basil adds that, depending on the circumstances and personal discretion, Amphilochius, as a bishop, can increase or mitigate the punishment prescribed for unintentional murder.
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