Luke 18 – Locus Communis

Condemn me not with the Pharisee

Boastful I am, and hard-hearted, all in vain and for nothing.Condemn me not with the Pharisee,but rather grant me the humility of the Publican,O only merciful and just Judge,and number me with him. Great Canon of St. Andrew of Crete

St. Cyril of Alexandria on the Pharisee and Publican

But what of the publican? He stood, it says, “afar off,” not even venturing, so to speak, to raise up his eyes on high. You see him abstaining from all boldness of speech, as having no right thereto, and smitten by the reproaches of conscience: for he was afraid of being even seen by God,Continue reading “St. Cyril of Alexandria on the Pharisee and Publican”