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Pachomius the Great

4th century · AD 348 · Syriac & Oriental · 36 passages

Background on Pachomius the Great

In his own words on James

  • James 2:25

    Rahab was a prostitute, but even so she was numbered among the saints.

    COMMUNION 3.25

  • James 3:2

    We all fall very often, but let us pray to the merciful God, and if we watch over ourselves in the future, he will heal us.

    COMMUNION 1.68

  • James 3:6

    The bragging tongue fouls the whole body and is gangrene to the soul.

    COMMUNION 3.38

Quoted verbatim from public-domain English translations of the fathers — Aquinas's Catena Aurea, the Ante-Nicene and Nicene & Post-Nicene Fathers, and related editions. Each quotation links to its source.