Simplicity: John Chrysostom on Wealth and Generosity
Teaching on Simplicity from John Chrysostom: John Chrysostom on Wealth and Generosity
This is a spiritual discipline on generosity and wealth, drawing on Luke 12:33-34, Acts 4:32-35 and 2 Corinthians 8:13-15.
John Chrysostom (d. 407) was one of the early church's most outspoken critics of wealth and most passionate advocates for generosity. He preached: "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." This was not exaggeration but theological conviction: all wealth ultimately belongs to God and is given in trust for the common good.…
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