Chapter

 1 Intro|            of a “Russian Spiritual Father.”~When Confession was written,
 2 Intro|             which means “spiritual father,” has been~rendered sometimes
 3 Intro|            sometimes as “spiritual father” and sometimes, for convenience,
 4 1    |          for an ordinary spiritual father: the majority of our~priests
 5 1    |            it all to his spiritual father.~Admittedly, he will tell
 6 1    |            tell even his spiritual father only after a severe inner
 7 1    |      confidence that the spiritual father will not repeat his confession
 8 1    |         Blessed are you, spiritual father, if God tells you things
 9 1    |         mentioned that a spiritual father, in order to acquire skill,
10 1    |            You see, neither to his father nor mother, nor wife, nor~
11 2    |                   2. The Spiritual Father’s own Disposition.~“If we
12 2    |             but the Spirit of your Father which~speaketh in you” (
13 2    |          task of being a spiritual father is great, holy and fruitful~—
14 2    |            repeat the words of the~father in the Gospel: “For this
15 2    |         these words of this~Church Father more than once in my writings,
16 3    |      gentle voice of his~spiritual father, filled with love and reverence: “
17 3    |            they are, the spiritual father has already~deeply moved
18 3    |           loving and compassionate father — a pastor~such as we are
19 3    |            vocation as a spiritual father are not in people, not outside
20 3    |           you were not a spiritual father for all of them; then you
21 4    |       minutes with their spiritual father~have for the soul. Explain
22 4    |        soul before their spiritual father, how “It was just as~if
23 4    | experienced and edifying spiritual father, you will acquire in~their
24 4    |        sins before their spiritual father. In the second one, which
25 4(2) |             it is a diminutive of~“father.”~
26 4    |       Exhortation from a Spiritual Father~to his Spiritual Child”;
27 4(12)|       individual and his spiritual father.~
28 5    |   directions about how a spiritual father should establish in~penitents
29 5    |           an experienced~spiritual father to give intelligent answers
30 6    |          men to fast, but unto thy Father~which is in secret: and
31 6    |        which is in secret: and thy Father Which seeth in secret shall
32 6    |           do, because I go unto My Father” (In. 14:12). If you~ ~believe
33 7    |       examples a zealous~spiritual father will learn how to struggle
34 7    |           laments to his spiritual father, “At times I believe in~
35 8    |        then will not your Heavenly Father~have pity on you? Know,
36 10   |             Of course, a spiritual father cannot struggle with this
37 10   |           their secrets “either to father or mother or spiritual father.”
38 10   |      father or mother or spiritual father.” Only before~an actual
39 11   |            a believer.~A spiritual father must interrogate and advise
40 12   |       having~come to his spiritual father with repentance, is given
41 12   |           humiliation.~A spiritual father must at least try to ensure
42 12   |         their elder’s or spiritual father’s permission to stop their
43 12   |           then, should a spiritual father~say when a Christian puts
44 13   |            soon enough a~spiritual father who would be capable of
45 13   |        Word of God “a liar and the father~of lies.” This is so not
46 13   |        draw nearer to our Heavenly Father and seek His help through~
47 13   |         circumstances, a spiritual father can hope for success if
48 13   |            What should a spiritual father do with him? Of course,~
49 13   |           to penitents a spiritual father will benefit them~considerably
50 13   |       debauchery.xxiii~A spiritual father must even more persistently
51 13   |            foreign either to their father or their mother.~
52 14   |             Of course,~a spiritual father will in this case be in
53 14   |        oath. What~is his spiritual father to do then?~It will be useful
54 14   |          and ask~him: “Why was the father of the lost youth so convinced
55 14   |       himself and supplicating his father, although previously he
56 14   |        burdensome to~live with his father in plenty and kindness,
57 14   |            examples, the spiritual father should~explain to the drunkard
58 15   |    understands this, his spiritual father can thank God on his~account
59 15   |          and soul of the spiritual father into this realm of spiritual
60 15   |         and sadness, his spiritual father must ask him lovingly if
61 15   |            blessing of a spiritual father or elder — then remind him
62 15   |          such as these a spiritual father~must bring to his senses
63 16   |   hostility.~And further, Reverend Father, exhort your flock not to
64 17   |            is hard for a spiritual father to do the same,~and this
65 17   |          of a robber.” A spiritual father should strictly condemn~
66 18   |          Sometimes a new spiritual father finds it difficult to enumerate
67 18   |             Of course, a spiritual father cannot question every parishioner~
68 18   |      inexperience of his spiritual father, who has been unable to
69 18   |        organized, so the spiritual~father often has to restrict himself
70 18   |   situations like this a spiritual father will be fulfilling his task
71 19   |         Moses, “He that curses his father or mother shall surely be
72 19   |            people.” If a spiritual father has managed~to dislodge
73 19   |         fear of God, leaving their father’s house, robbery and murder
74 20   |         They are lying. Would your father or mother~believe you if
75 21   |            Own Soul.~The spiritual father continues his exhortations: “
76 21   |           that Satan is called the~father of lies. Only lies and slander
77 21   |          conclusion, the spiritual father says: “Seek~spiritual joys,
78 21   |          of my task as a spiritual father, and I think I will be able,~
79 21   |          could teach the spiritual father~himself how to be saved;
80 A    |           sins, in the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of
81 B    |       command of another spiritual father, then this time counts as
82 C    |      Confession Before a Spiritual Father.~I confess to the Lord my
83 C    |          God before thee, reverend father, all my sins which I have~
84 C    |      Absolve all my sins, reverend father, and bless me to partake~