{"collection":"chr","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/chr/ecf/211/2110947.htm","path":"chr/ecf/211/2110947.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/chr/ecf/211/2110947.htm","text":"A question whether the saying: \u201cI have sworn and am purposed\u201d is opposed to the view given above.\nGermanus: So far as this consideration is concerned which has been clearly and fully treated of, a monk ought never to determine anything for fear lest he turn out a breaker of his word or else obstinate. And what then can we make of this saying of the Psalmist: \u201cI have sworn and am purposed to keep Thy righteous judgments?\u201d 2066 What is \u201cto swear and purpose\u201d except to keep one\u2019s determinations fixedly?","title":"Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Ser. II, Vol. XI: The Wor...","type":"page"}