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Catechism of the Catholic Church §2446

Giovanni Paolo Panini, Interior of St. Peter's, Rome, c. 1754 · Public domainGiovanni Paolo Panini, Interior of St. Peter's, Rome, c. 1754

Catechism paragraphCatechism of the Catholic ChurchQuotationVI. Love For the Poor

Catechism of the Catholic Church §2446 — excerpt

St. John Chrysostom vigorously recalls this: "Not to enable the poor to share in our goods is to steal from them and deprive them of life.

This translation is under copyright, so only the cited words are quoted here. Follow the link for the full text. Translation: English translation of the Catechism of the Catholic Church, 2nd ed. (Libreria Editrice Vaticana), as posted at vatican.va.

Also cites: St. John Chrysostom, Hom. in Lazaro 2, 5: PG 48, 992 · AA 8 # 5 · St. Gregory the Great, Regula Pastoralis. 3, 21: PL 77, 87

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