Taking Gifts

Πολλοί σε κωμῳδουσῖν, ὡς χρήμασιν, ἀλλ' οὐ Πνεύματι τὰς χειροθεσίας τῆς μυσταγωγίας ἐπιτρέποντα. Καὶ εἰ μὲν συκοφαντοῦσι, καθ' ἑαυτῶν ἐπεσπάσαντο τὴν δίκην, ἐπειδὴ ἀπολεῖ Κύριος πάντας τοὺς λαλοῦντας τὸ ψεῦδος. Εἰ δὲ ἀληθεύουσι, γνῶθι οἷ τελευτᾷ τὸ κακὸν, ὅτι μικροῦ κέρδους τὸ εἰς Θεὸν ὑβρίζειν ἀντήλλαξας. Καὶ τίς προσεύξεται περὶ σοῦ, ἐπειδὴ μήτε περὶ Ὀφνὴ καὶ Φινεὲς, εἰς Θεον καὶ τὴν αὐτοῦ ἁμαρτόντων ἱερωσύνην, εὑρέθη τις πρεσβευόμενος, ἀλλ' εἰς ἔσχατον ὄλεθρον, ὡς τὸ γέρας προπίνοντες τῆς ἱερωσύνης, ἐδόθησαν; Ἅγιος Ἰσίδωρος Του Πηλουσιώτου, Βιβλίον Πρῶτον, Ἐπιστολή ΚϚ' Εὐσεβιῳ Ἐπισκοπῳ Source: Migne PG 78. 197C-200A

Many ridicule you saying that for money and not for the Spirit you give the laying on of hands in the sacred initiations. And if indeed they calumniate, the Divine vengeance shall fall upon them, since 'The Lord destroys every one who speaks a lie.' 1 But if they are speaking the truth, know how this evil ends, when for a little wealth you have insulted God. Who shall pray for you, who will be found to defend, when Ophni and Phinees, who sinned in the priesthood against God, 2, to final ruin were given, having betrayed the dignity of the priesthood? Saint Isidore of Pelusium, Book 1, Letter 26, To The Bishop Eusebius 1 Ps 5.7 2 1 Kings 2.34; 4.11