St. Basil, however, does not omit to notice § 6. that there is such a thing as righteous indignation, and that we may “be angry and sin not.”  “God forbid that we should turn into occasions for sin gifts given to us by the Creator for our salvation!  Anger, stirred at the proper time and in the proper manner, is an efficient cause of manliness, patience, and endurance.…Anger is to be used as a weapon.  So Moses, meekest of men, armed the hands of the Levites for the slaughter of their brethren, to punish idolatry.  The wrath of Phinehas was justifiable.  So was the wrath of Samuel against Agag.  Thus, anger very often is made the minister of good deeds.”