| http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#value | - To enter upon the ministry the conscientious would-be cleric must pass the test of bravery of soul, which should be robust and vigorous. 31 Chrysostom's initial reluctance to accept the responsibilities of the episcopate, or rather his recoiling from it as something dreaded and perilous, was an attitude he shared with many of the other great episcopal pastors of the fourth century.
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