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Old 08-19-2017, 05:57 AM   #11
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Good point bfisher! I was expecting a trinity when I first read it.

One of the things I liked about the temptation section was the way each tempter represented a deeper layer in Becket's soul. The fourth tempter uses spiritual pride--the most dangerous temptation of all as the Archbishop realises:

"The last temptation is The greatest treason:
To do the right deed for the wrong reason."

What should be service becomes selfishness regardless of the good that may be done:

"Servant of God has chance of greater sin
And sorrow, than the man who serves a king.
For those who serve the greater cause may make the cause serve them,
Still doing right:"
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