My buddy Erv Klassen passed on this quote from Basil the Great.
“When someone steals a man’s clothes we call him a thief. Should we not give the same name to one who could clothe the naked and does not? The bread in your cupboard belongs to the hungry man; the coat hanging unused in your closet belongs to the man who needs it; the shoes rotting in your closet belong to the man who has no shoes; the money which you hoard up belongs to the poor.”
Basil the Great (Bishop of Caesarea, 365)
In the words of Erv, "Ancient Christians really make us modern Christians look like a bunch of wankers."
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