On Abstinance

Monday, March 19, 2012 by

St. John Climacus ca. 579-649

…[N]ever imagine that abstinence will keep you from falling. It was a being that never ate that was nevertheless thrown out of heaven. (The Ladder of Divine Ascent, Step 15: On Chastity)

Filed Under: All, Ascetics, Holy Fathers, St. John Climacus c. 7th Century