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"A brother was tested by temptation in Scetis. The enemy brought into his mind the memory of a beautiful woman which troubled him deeply. By God's providence it chanced that a visitor came from Egypt and arrived in Scetis. When they met to talk, he told the brother that his wife was dead (she was the woman about whom the monk was tempted). When he heard the news, he put on his cloak at night and went to the place...
— Sep 22, 2020 09:20PM
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"...But wanting to humble him, he beat him and said, 'You fool, have you brought me that silly dog?' and he immediately untied her, and drove her away."
— Sep 25, 2020 08:53PM
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"...and the lioness rushed at him. He obeyed the hermit and ran to catch her, so the lioness turned and fled. John chased her, shouting, "Wait! My abba told me to tie you up.' He caught her and tied her up. The hermit sat a long time waiting for him, and was getting very anxious because he was late. But at last John came, and brought the lioness with him, tied up. Paul marvelled at the sight...
— Sep 25, 2020 08:53PM
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"They said of John, the disciple of Paul, that he was full of the virtue of obedience. There was a tomb in which lived a dangerous lioness. Paul saw the dung of the lioness lying round and said to John, 'Go and fetch that dung.' John said to him, 'What shall I do, abba, about the lioness?' The hermit said, as a joke, 'If she comes at you, tie her up and bring her here.' So john went there in the evening...
— Sep 25, 2020 08:51PM
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"...where he had heard she was buried. He dug in the place, and wiped the blood from her corpse on his cloak and when he returned he kept it in his cell. When it smelt too bad, he put it in front of him and said to his temptation, 'Look, this is what you desire. You have it now, be content.' So he punished himself with the smell until his passions died down."
That's pretty metal.
— Sep 22, 2020 09:21PM
That's pretty metal.
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"...and one of them said, 'That's mine.' The other said, 'No; it's mine.' He answered, 'Yes it's yours. Take it away." They were unable to argue with each other."
— Sep 21, 2020 08:27PM
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"Two hermits lived together for many years without a quarrel. One said to the other, 'Let's have a quarrel with each other, as is the way of men.' The other answered, 'I don't know how a quarrel happens.' The first said, 'Look here, I put a brick between us, and I say, That's mine. Then you say, No, it's mine. That is how you begin a quarrel.' So they put a brick between them...
— Sep 21, 2020 08:26PM
