Saint Basil - Just as we would have no need of...

Just as we would have no need of the farmer's labor and toil if we were living amid the delights of paradise, so also we would not require the medical art for relief if we were immune to disease, as was the case, by God's gift, at the time of Creation before the Fall.

Saint Basil

Greek Saint

Born: 330

Died: 379

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Art, God, Time, Gift, Paradise, Fall, Before, Creation, Living, Relief, Would, Immune, Case, Delights, Also, Were, Labor, Disease, Just, Require, Toil, Farmer, Medical, Need

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