“Blessed therefore are the poor, because, He says, the kingdom of heaven is theirs who have the soul only treasured up. If we cannot serve God and mammon, can we be redeemed both by God and by mammon? For who will serve mammon more than the man whom mammon has ransomed? Finally, of what example do you avail yourself to…”
Tertullian, 3th c. — On Flight in Persecution
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3Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
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1And seeing the multitudes, he went up into a mountain: and when he was set, his disciples came unto him:
2And he opened his mouth, and taught them, saying,
— Matthew 5:3 —
4Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.
5Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth.