Early Church Fathers Scripture Index : Texts

Deuteronomy 18:2

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Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Series 2, Volume 6, page 422, footnote 3 (Image)

Jerome: Letters and Select Works

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CCEL Footnote 4978 (In-Text, Margin)

... the passages from the whole range of his Epistles in which he advocates and urges with all his heart that money be sent to Jerusalem and to the holy places for the faithful; not to gratify avarice, but to give relief; not to accumulate wealth, but to support the weakness of the poor body, and to stave off cold and hunger. And this custom continues in Judea to the present day, not only among us, but also among the Hebrews, so that they who meditate in the law of the Lord, day and night, and have[Deuteronomy 18:2] no father upon earth except the Lord alone, may be cherished by the aid of the synagogues and of the whole world; that there may be equality—not that some may be refreshed while others are in distress, but that the abundance of some may support the ...