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24 Feb 2017

Sacrilege And The Poor

Ού χρὴ τὰς τῶν πενήτων τροφὰς ἀδοκιμάστως διανέμειν, ἀλλ' ἐκεῖνο πεπεῖσθαι τὸν ταύτας οἰκονομεῖν τεταγμένον· ὡς εἶ τι πέρα τοῦ δέοντος ἀνάλωται, ἱεροσυλίας αὐτὸν καθίστησιν ὑπεύθυνον πταίσμασι.

Ἅγιος Ἰσίδωρος Του Πηλουσιώτου, Βιβλιον Πρῶτον, Ἐπιστολή ΜΔ', Μωσῃ Ἐπισκοπῳ

One must not distribute the food of the poor without judgement, and he to whom the care of the work is committed should be persuaded that if he does not spend for the needy that he commits sacrilege  for which he will have to answer.


Saint Isidore of Pelusium, Book 1, Letter 44, To the Bishop Moses

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