“We do not change the everlasting boundaries which our fathers have set, but we keep the Tradition, just as we received it.”
— John of Damascus (On the Divine Images, First Apology, §23)
“Not to speak when we ought is as blameworthy as to speak when we ought not; for silence should not always be kept, nor speech always used, but each at the right time.”
— St. Gregory of Nazianzus (Oration 2, In Defense of His Flight)
“The preacher must adapt his teaching to the capacity of his hearers, giving milk to babes and solid food to the more mature, so that all may be nourished unto salvation.”
—St. Basil the Great (On the Holy Spirit, 27.66)
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