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Basil the Great
AD 379
It is surely clear that concealing sin contributes to the death of the sick person, “for the sting of death is sin,” says the Scripture, and also, “Open rebukes are better than hidden love.” Let no one, therefore, conceal a sin in behalf of another, lest fratricide take the place of fraternal charity.
