If Everyone Would Take Only According To

I Have Learned From Jesus Christ Himself What Charity Is, And How We Ought To Practise It; For He Says: "by This Shall All Men Know That Ye Are My Disciples, If Ye Love One Another." Never Can I, Therefore, Please Myself In The Hope That I May Obtain The Name Of A Servant Of Christ If I Possess Not A True And Unfeigned Charity Within Me.

It Is Impious To Say That Evil Has Its Origin From God, Because Naught Contrary Is Produced By The Contrary. Life Does Not Generate Death, Nor Is Darkness The Beginning Of Light, Nor Is Disease The Maker Of Health, But In The Changes Of Conditions There Are Transitions From One Condition To The Contrary.

If Everyone Would Take Only According To His Needs And Would Leave The Surplus To The Needy, No One Would Be Rich, No One Poor, No One In Misery.

All Of Us Who Desire The Kingdom Of God Are, By The Lord's Decree, Under An Equal And Rigorous Necessity Of Seeking After The Grace Of Baptism.

What Is The Benefit Of Fasting In Our Body While Filling Our Souls With Innumerable Evils? He Who Does Not Play At Dice, But Spends His Leisure Otherwise, What Nonsense Does He Not Utter? What Absurdities Does He Not Listen To? Leisure Without The Fear Of God Is, For Those Who Do Not Know How To Use Time, The Teacher Of Wickedness.