Patristic A.D. 407
“For in earthly wealth it does not belong to one man to be made rich without another being made poor, but in spiritual riches, without his making another rich also. For in earthly matters participation lessens, in spiritual it increases wealth.”
Catena Aurea: Gospel of Luke, as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on Luke 19:11-27
PD · J. H. Newman (Oxford, 1843) ↗