Devotion, When True, Injures Nothing

The world does not discriminate between devotion and the indiscretion of those who claim to be devout, writes Philothea. When it runs counter to anyone's rightful vocation, then such devotion most assuredly is false, she says. Devotion that is purely contemplative, monastic, or religious does not belong to these walks of life, he adds. "It is an error, nay, a heresy, to wish to banish the devout life from the ranks of soldiers"