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Augustine of Hippo, on Luke 16:8
Augustine of Hippo · A.D. 354–430
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:
“(ubi sup.) The steward whom his Lord cast out of his stewardship is nevertheless commended because he provided himself against the future. As it follows, And the Lord commended the unjust steward, because he had done wisely; we ought not however to take the whole for our imitation. For we should never act deceitfully against our Lord in order that from the fraud itself we may give alms.”
Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.