Chapter Nine | Lessons by Our Holy Father John Chrysostom on Education.
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Chapter Nine. Lessons by Our Holy Father John Chrysostom on Education. Con’t.
18. Do not think that only monks need to learn the Bible; children about to go out into the world stand in greater need of Scriptural knowledge.
A man who never travels by sea does not need to know how to equip a ship, or where to find a pilot or a crew, but a sailor has to know all these things. The same applies to the monk and the man of this world.
The monk lives an untroubled life in a calm harbor, removed from every storm, while the worldly man is always sailing the ocean, battling innumerable tempests.
Although he himself (the worldly man) may not have any need (of instruction), it may be necessary to him in case he must stop the mouths of others.
St. Theophan the Recluse
