What does it take to be a Christian? Follow the law of Love, says St. Nicholas Cabasilas: “A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another; even as I have loved you, that you also love one another. By this all men will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.” (John 13:34-35)
“The ‘law of Love’ is the basis of his spirituality as [Cabasilas] writes in the sixth book of The Life in Christ.
‘This law demands no arduous nor afflicting work, nor loss of money; it does not involve shame, nor any dishonour, nor anything worse; it puts no obstacle in the pursuit of any art or profession.
The general keeps the power to command,
the labourer can work the ground,
the artisan can carry on with his occupation. There is no reason to retire into solitude, to eat unusual food, to be inadequately clothed, or endanger one’s health, or to resort to any other special endeavour;
it suffices to give oneself wholly to meditation and to remain always within oneself without depriving the world of one’s talents.'” (Boris Bobrinskoy, The Life in Christ, p. 290)
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