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18 Aug 2024

Judgement And Mercy

Ἴσθι, θαυμάσιε, ὡς ἡ κρίσις ἀνέλεος τῷ μὴ ποιήσαντι ἔλεος, οὐκ ἐκ τῶν ἀλλοτρίων μόνον δωρεῶν, ὦν αὐτὸς τοὺς πτωχοὺς ἀποστερεῖς, ἀλλὰ καὶ ἐκ τῶν οἰκείων, ὦν ἐκουσίως τὴν μετάδοσιν ποιεῖσθαι χρεωστεῖς.

Ἅγιος Ἰσίδωρος Του Πηλουσιώτου, Βιβλιον Πρῶτον, Ἐπιστολή ΥϟΒ’ Ευσεβιῳ Ἐπισποκῳ

Source: Migne PG 78.449c
Know, excellent fellow, that as there will be a judgement without mercy for those who are not merciful, 1 so not only with the gifts of others do you deprive the poor of what is theirs, but truly even with your own goods, which of your own will you should share with others.

Saint Isidore of Pelusium, Book 1, Letter 492, To Eusebius the Bishop

1 James 2.13

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