Early Church Fathers Scripture Index : Texts
2 Maccabees 3
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Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Series 2, Volume 10, page 65, footnote 5 (Image)
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Chapter XXIX. The property of widows or of all the faithful, that has been entrusted to the Church, ought to be defended though it brings danger to oneself. This is illustrated by the example of Onias the priest, and of Ambrose, bishop of Ticinum. (HTML)
145. So everything entrusted to the temple was preserved in the name of the widows alone, as we read in the book of the Maccabees.[2 Maccabees 3] For when information was given of the money, which Simon treacherously had told King Antiochus could be found in large quantities in the temple at Jerusalem, Heliodorus was sent to look into the matter. He came to the temple, and made known to the high priest his hateful information and the reason of his coming.