ACC ~ James 1 v26

THE UNBRIDLED TONGUE. BASIL THE GREAT: Anger causes tongues to become unbridled and speech unguarded. Physical violence, acts of contempt, reviling, accusations, blows and other bad effects too numerous to recount are born of anger and indignation. SERMONS 10.

THE TONGUE CAN UNDO GOOD ACTIONS. BEDE: James says here that even if someone appears to be doing the good works of faith which he has learned he ought to do, none of this matters unless he restrains his tongue from slanders, lies, blasphemies, nonsense, verbosity and other things which lead to sin. CONCERNING THE EPISTLE OF ST. JAMES.

TRUE RELIGION. ANDREAS: This rule is the bottom line of true religion. CATENA.

THE PRACTICE OF RELIGION. OECUMENIUS: If you want to be truly religious, do not demonstrate this by your knowledge of the law but by the way you put it into practice. Religion appears to mean something more than “faith,” in that it offers the knowledge of hidden things and confirmation of what is grasped by faith. COMMENTARY ON JAMES.

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