In 394, Jerome wrote about the duties of the clergy and offered a similar warning: “Avoid entertaining the worldly at your table, especially those who are swollen with office. You are the priest of a crucified Lord, one who lived in poverty and on the bread of strangers.” Jerome urged instead, “let poor men and strangers be acquainted with your modest table, and with them Christ shall be your guest.”4 Similarly, John Chrysostom repeatedly stressed the importance of welcoming those who did not command