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Catena Aurea on Luke 19:1–10: Ambrose of Milan

Francisco de Zurbarán, Saint Ambrose, c. 1626–1627 · Museo de Bellas Artes, Seville · Public domainFrancisco de Zurbarán, Saint Ambrose, c. 1626–1627, Museo de Bellas Artes, Seville

CommentAmbrose of MilanPublic domainLuke 19:1–10

Let the rich learn that guilt attaches not to the goods themselves, but to those who know not how to use them. For riches, as they are hindrances to virtue in the unworthy, so are they means of advancing it in the good.

Reproduced in full. Translation: Oxford 1841 (Newman), public domain (Public domain).

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