Macrina the Younger
4th century · AD 379 · Eastern & Byzantine · 4 passages
Background on Macrina the Younger
In his own words on Proverbs
- Proverbs 26:4
It is more agreeable to remain silent on such questions and to consider their foolish and irreverent assumptions unworthy of a response, since the divine words forbid it, saying, "Answer not a fool according to his folly." But the fool, according to the prophet, is "the one who says there is no God."
ON THE SOUL AND THE RESURRECTION
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