ACC ~ James 1 v20

LACKING SELF-CONTROL. GREGORY THE GREAT: Because a diseased mind has no control over its own judgment, it thinks that whatever anger suggests must be right. LESSONS IN JOB 5.78.

GOD JUDGES WITH TRANQUILITY. BEDE: Even if anger seems justified in human terms, it can never be right in God’s eyes. A human judge who loses his temper, even if his decision is the right one, cannot imitate the justice of God, who always judges in perfect tranquility of mind. CONCERNING THE EPISTLE OF ST. JAMES.

AVOID UNCONTROLLABLE FURY. OECUMENIUS: Unconsidered speech and unguarded wrath do no good at all. David said: “Be angry but do not sin.” This means that we must be careful when we get angry not to let it develop into an uncontrollable fury. This is where those who are slow come into their own. It may be wrong to be slow in other things, but when it comes to anger, tardiness is the right policy, because by the time we get round to it the reasons for it may have dissipated. COMMENTARY ON JAMES.

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