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Basil of Caesarea — as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on Luke 18:18-23

Patristic A.D. 379

Basil of Caesarea · c. A.D. 330–379

“(Hom. de eleemos.) The merchant when he goes to the market, is not loth to, part with all that he has, in order to obtain what he requires, but thou art grieved at giving mere dust and ashes that thou mayest gain everlasting bliss.”

Catena Aurea: Gospel of Luke, as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on Luke 18:18-23 PD · J. H. Newman (Oxford, 1843) ↗

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