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Patristic A.D. 604 · Catena Aurea: Gospel of Luke, as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on Luke 16:8-13

Gregory the Great, on Luke 16:8

Gregory the Great · c. A.D. 540–604

Luke 16:8 · Douay-Rheims

“And the lord commended the unjust steward, forasmuch as he had done wisely: for the children of this world are wiser in their generation than the children of light.”

On this verse:

“(21. Mor. cap. 14.) But if through their friendship we obtain everlasting habitations, we ought to calculate that when we give we rather offer presents to patrons, than bestow benefits upon the needy.”

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