Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers: Series II/Volume XI/John Cassian/The Twelve Books/Book XI/Chapter 12

by Philip Schaff et al.

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]

Footnotes

1. Gal. v. 26.
2. S. John v. 44.
3. Ps. lii. (liii.) 6.