Holy Fathers about jealousy and envy

The attention of readers is offered small works of the moral-articular content of the great holy fathers: the western church of the III century The Holy Martyr Cyprian, Bishop of Carthage (210-258), the “Book of Jealousy and Envy” and the Eastern Church of the IV century of St. Vasily the Great, Archbishop of Caesarea of ​​Cappadocian (330- 379), "Conversation of Envy". Determining envy as the grief of the well -being of the neighbor, the holy Cyprian and Vasily, as experienced doctors of human souls, reveal the perniciousness of this mental illness, the complete incompatibility of His goodness with the goodness of God, indicate the connection of this passion with the devil, its grave consequences as for those who are envied, so, so And first of all, for its carriers, and even more important - show how to deal with this passion in themselves, to win and mix it, replacing it with kindness, compassion and unenvoiding.
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