Правило 74 Василия Великого
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If anyone who has fallen into the above sins, having confessed, becomes zealous in correction: then he who has received from God’s love for mankind the power to loose and bind will not be worthy of condemnation when, seeing the extremely zealous confession of the sinner, he becomes more merciful and reduces penance. since the narratives of the Holy Scriptures show us that with great feat those who confess more quickly receive God's mercy.
(I Om. 12; IV Om. 16; Trul. 102; Ankyr. 5).
This rule belongs to the group of rules listed in this message of St. Basil (51–73). Having prescribed penance for various sins in the above rules, Basil the Great in this rule grants to the one who received from God the power to bind and decide (λύειν καί δεσμεϊν), i.e., the bishop, to forgive the sinner if he sincerely repents, and, therefore, to shorten the period of penance. On this, see also the interpretation of 12 rules of I Omni. Council and 102 Rules of the Council of Trullo.
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