Simplicity: Basil the Great: Homily to the Rich
Teaching on Simplicity from Basil the Great: Basil the Great: Homily to the Rich
This is a spiritual discipline on hoarding and surplus, drawing on Luke 12:16-21, James 5:1-6 and Proverbs 11:24-25.
Basil the Great preached his famous "Homily to the Rich" (also known as "I Will Pull Down My Barns") on the parable of the rich fool in Luke 12. He declared: "When someone strips a man of his clothes, we call him a thief. And one who might clothe the naked and does not -- should not this person be given the same name?…
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