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Basil of Caesarea, on Ps 33:6
Basil of Caesarea · c. A.D. 330–379
Ps 33:6 · Douay-Rheims
“Come ye to him and be enlightened: and your faces shall not be confounded.”
On this verse:
“Poverty is not always praiseworthy, but only that which is practiced intentionally according to the evangelical aim. Many are poor in their resources but very grasping in their intention; poverty does not save these; on the contrary, their intention condemns them. Accordingly, not he who is poor is by all means blessed, but he who has considered the command of Christ better than the treasures of the world.”
Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.