Saint John Chrysostom Quotes about Wealth

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Not to share our own wealth with the poor is theft from the poor and deprivation of their means of life; we do not possess our own wealth, but theirs.

Not to share our own wealth with the poor is theft from the poor and deprivation of their means of life; we do not possess our own wealth, but theirs.

Saint John Chrysostom

Mean, Wealth, Poor

Saint John Chrysostom, Catharine P. Roth (1984). “On Wealth and Poverty”, p.55, St Vladimir's Seminary Press

The rich man is not one who is in possession of much, but one who gives much.

Saint John Chrysostom

Men, Giving, Wealth

Saint John Chrysostom (1842). “The Homilies of S. John Chrysostom on the Statues: Or, To the People of Antioch”, p.42

Nothing is more fallacious than wealth. To-day it is for thee; tomorrow it is against thee. It arms the eyes of the envious every where. It is a hostile comrade, a domestic enemy.

Saint John Chrysostom

Enemy, Wealth, Comrade

"The Homilies of S. John Chrysostom, Archbishop of Constantinople: On the Statues, Or to the People of Antioch".