Folk Hero or Saint?

There is video.

I guess if he shot him it would be more interesting.

You need a more descriptive title! :stuck_out_tongue:

Anyway, my thoughts were that he needs to start loading the gun now that all the NY Post readers know he doesn’t load it, and that I’m not sure I could have been that kind to an armed robber who broke down crying.

Yeah, I guess he does need to. ‘Folk Hero or Murderer’ in Great Debates worked quite well, so I’m sticking with the theory that people would care if he’d shot and killed the dude.

From the Sayings of the Desert Fathers, there is a story about Abba Euprepios.

The story about Abba Gelasius and his book is even more remarkable, though rather longer.

Interesting. Sounds it.

You can read it here. It looks like the Benedicta Ward translation, which is pretty good.

Interesting. That is definitely a story of someone putting ‘turn the other cheek’ into practice.

But I don’t see the full translation you refer to.

Now *that *is my kind of hero. I’d buy him a be… fruit juice in a New York minute.