Письмо 175
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It was very sad for me to read your letter, in which you boldly expressed yourself about the book of the great saint of God in the saints, John Climacus, whose teaching was guided by the hierarchs and the clergy of reverend men and achieved a great spiritual dispensation, and now all those seeking salvation value his teaching and revere it; for the Holy Spirit Himself acted in him and inspired him to pass on the teaching to the knowledge of our inner man and to fight passions and lusts and to achieve, to the extent of his age, the fulfillment of Christ, to the top of the ladder of virtues - love. How he expresses the virtues of obedience, purity, humility, which consumes all vices, etc., and reasoning, which is most necessary for all virtues. Who are you? And what kind of mind? Why did she dare to judge a book so useful to our salvation? The enemy instilled this in you to deprive you of the benefits of reading this book. As a punishment for you, and at the same time for spiritual benefit, you read this book five times over the course of a year, with attention and with self-reproach for your foolishness. Let his words be impressed on your heart. Mnogohreshny I.M.
November 19, 1857.
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