Gregory the Great, on Luke 16:19

“There was a certain rich man, who was clothed in purple and fine linen; and feasted sumptuously every day.”

“(Moral. 1. c. 8.) We must observe also, that among the heathen the names of poor men are more likely to be known than of rich. Now our Lord mentions the name of the poor, but not the name of the rich, because God knows and approves the humble, but not the proud. But that the poor man might be more approved, poverty and sickness were at the same time consuming him; as it follows, who was laid at his gale full of sores.”

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