Homilies on the Orthodox Faith · Lecture 025
The Sins of the Tongue
A lecture by Nikolaos Sotiropoulos · Δείτε στα Ελληνικά
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Summary
Nikolaos Sotiropoulos continues his teaching on the sins of the tongue, beginning with deceitful speech and insisting that a Christian must be direct and truthful. He shows Christ exposing deceit in the question about tribute to Caesar (Matthew 22:15-22) and before the woman taken in adultery (John 8:1-11), and presents Judas Iscariot as the supreme image of treachery, echoing Saint Justin Popovic on the falls of Adam, Judas, and the Pope. He warns against bitter words, gossip, whispering, and insult, yet distinguishes sinful abuse from corrective rebuke spoken in holy zeal, as by Christ, Saint Paul, and in the denunciation of Elymas (Acts 13). Discernment and pastoral correction, he teaches, must not become condemnation, for those who do not judge others will not be judged (Matthew 7:1-2). He closes by condemning slander, recalling the false accusations borne by Christ, Saint Athanasius, Saint John Chrysostom, and Saint Nektarios.
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