Cronius of Nitria

Abba Cronius of Nitria was one of the Desert Fathers quoted in the Apophthegmata Patrum (Sayings of the Desert Fathers).

Quotes

Ward, Benedicta (1984). The sayings of the Desert Fathers: the alphabetical collection. Kalamazoo, MI: Cistercian Publications.

• A brother asked Abba Cronius, how can a man become humble. The old man said to him, 'Through the fear of God.'
  The brother said, 'And by what work does he come to the fear of God?'
  The old man said, 'In my opinion, he should withdraw from all business and give himself to bodily affliction and with all his might remember that he will leave his body at the judgement of God.'
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