Who Is the Rich Man That Is Saved? 1.4
Summary: The truly loving course is to help the rich toward salvation, by prayer to God and by teaching that leads them to the truth and to good works.
Greek text · Stählin 3:156
ἐμοὶ δὲ φαίνεται μακρῷ φιλανθρωπότερον εἶναι τοῦ θεραπεύειν............ τοὺς πλουτοῦντας.......... ἐπὶ κακῷ τὸ συναίρεσθαι.......... τὴν σωτηρίαν αὐτοῖς.............. ἅπαντα τὸν δυνατὸν τρόπον, τοῦτο μὲν ἐξαιτουμένους παρὰ θεοῦ τοῦ βεβαίως καὶ ἡδέως τοῖς ἑαυτοῦ τέκνοις τὰ τοιαῦτα προϊεμένου, τοῦτο δὲ λόγῳ διὰ τῆς χάριτος τοῦ σωτῆρος ἰωμένους τὰς ψυχὰς αὐτῶν, φωτίζοντας καὶ προσάγοντας ἐπὶ τὴν τῆς ἀληθείας κτῆσιν, ἧς ὁ τυχὼν καὶ ἔργοις ἀγαθοῖς ἐλλαμπρυνόμενος μόνος τὸ βραβεῖον τῆς αἰωνίου ζωῆς ἀναιρήσεται.
English · Claude translation
To me it seems far more humane, instead of flattering … the rich … to their harm, to help … their salvation … in every possible way: on the one hand by asking it of God, who surely and gladly grants such things to his own children; on the other by healing their souls with the Word through the grace of the Savior, enlightening them and leading them to the possession of the truth. Whoever obtains it and is made illustrious by good works will alone carry off the prize of eternal life.
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Clement of Alexandria, Quis div. 1.4 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/clement-quis-dives/1/4/).
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Clement of Alexandria, Quis div. 1.4 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/clement-quis-dives/1/4/).
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