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In 1953, the Fathers of the Church series published selected sermons of St. Peter Chrysologus (ca. 406-450), Archbishop of Ravenna and Doctor of the Church, thereby making thirty percent of his authentic sermons available to an English-speaking audience. With the publication of this volume all of Chrysologus’s authentic sermons up to number 72 are now available in English. The sermons offer...

3. But let us understand what trickery they scheme, what evils they contrive, whose cruelty makes no headway out in the open; what they do when they display riches is to sow the seeds of avarice; in order to spread pride they design ostentation; they promote individuality in order to exclude what has to do with life in common; in order to foster anger they incite lawsuits; in order to do violence to kindness they stir up alienation of affection; they invent philosophy in order to make human beings
Pages 76–77
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