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Nevertheless, we write this for the sake of experiencing the fruits of repentance. For we do not judge this by time alone, but look to the image of repentance. If those who irresistibly adhere to their morals, and would rather serve the pleasures of the flesh than the Lord, and do not accept living according to the Gospel, then we have nothing in common with them. For we, among a disobedient and quarrelsome people, have been taught to hear this: when you save, save your soul (Gen. 19:17).
(I Om. 12; Trul. 102; Basil the Great. 3, 74, 85; Gregory of Nyssa. 4, 5).
In his 74th rule, Basil the Great gives bishops the right to shorten the period of penance for those who sincerely repent; in the present rule, it prescribes not to release from penance those who do not show the fruits of pure repentance, but to leave them under penance and further, even moreover, to leave such inveterate sinners to their fate, for by constantly dealing with them, you can endanger the salvation of your own soul (Gen. 19:17).
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