Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers: Series II/Volume XI/John Cassian/The Twelve Books/Book XI/Chapter 12
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Chapter XII.
Several testimonies against vainglory.
And so the Apostle warns us: “Be not desirous of vainglory.”[1] And the Lord, rebuking the Pharisees, says, “How can ye believe, who receive glory from one another, and seek not the glory which comes from God alone?”[2] Of these too the blessed David speaks with a threat: “For God hath scattered the bones of them that please men.”[3]