Homilies on the Christian Life · Lecture 035
On the Priesthood
A lecture by Dimitrios Panagopoulos · Δείτε στα Ελληνικά
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Summary
Dimitrios Panagopoulos expounds the twenty-first saying of the Holy Man of Mount Sinai, moving from honor for the saints to bodily discipline, moderation, and discernment. The body is to be fatigued through virtuous labor, vigils, prayer, and service to the sick, but not ruined through sinful activity or excessive austerity that makes the ascetic a burden to others. Wine is treated through 1 Timothy 5:23 and Sirach 31:30 as a divine gift for measured use, not intoxication; Basil the Great and John Chrysostom are cited against drunkenness. Evil thoughts are to be met by good thoughts and the Jesus Prayer, and all priests are to be honored while a worthy confessor is freely chosen.
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