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Cyprian of Carthage

Section 12

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Author: Cyprian of Carthage

12. Unless you imagine that he who feeds Christ is not

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himself

fed

by

Christ

,

or

that

earthly

things

will

be

wanting

to

those

to

whom

heavenly

and

divine

things

are

given

,

whence

this

unbelieving

thought

,

whence

this

impious

and

sacrilegious

consideration

?

What

does

a

faithless

heart

do

in

the

home

of

faith

?

Why

is

he

who

does

not

altogether

trust

in

Christ

named

and

called

a

Christian

?

The

name

of

Pharisee

is

more

fitting

for

you

.

For

when

in

the

Gospel

the

Lord

was

discoursing

concerning

almsgiving

,

and

faithfully

and

wholesomely

warned

us

to

make

to

ourselves

friends

of

our

earthly

lucre

by

provident

good

works

,

who

might

afterwards

receive

us

into

eternal

dwellings

,

the

Scripture

added

after

this

,

and

said

,

“

But

the

Pharisees

heard

all

these

things

,

who

were

very

covetous

,

and

they

derided

Him

.

”

Some

suchlike

we

see

now

in

the

Church

,

whose

closed

ears

and

darkened

hearts

admit

no

light

from

spiritual

and

saving

warnings

,

of

whom

we

need

not

wonder

that

they

contemn

the

servant

in

his

discourses

,

when

we

see

the

Lord

Himself

despised

by

such

.

Notes

37
Luke xvi. 14.