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John Chrysostom — as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on Luke 12:32-34

Patristic A.D. 407

John Chrysostom · A.D. 347–407

“(ubi sup.) For without alms it is impossible to see the kingdom. For as a fountain if it keeps its waters within itself grows foul, so also rich men when they retain every thing in their possession.”

Catena Aurea: Gospel of Luke, as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on Luke 12:32-34 PD · J. H. Newman (Oxford, 1843) ↗

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