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December 11, 2021

On Vain Disputations and Questionings in the Church of Christ (St. Daniel the Stylite)


In chapter 90 of the Life of Saint Daniel the Stylite, we read:
 
Through the Devil's working a tumult once arose in the most holy churches, for tares had sprung up from vain disputations and questionings, so that some of the monks, who were renowned for good living, through their simple-mindedness and through their failure to consider the matter with precision, left the most Holy Church and separated themselves from the holy fellowship and liturgy. 
 
These mischief-makers came to the holy man and tried to confound him with similar arguments, but he who kept the foundation of the holy faith unmovable and unshakable answered them saying: