So give to the poor; I’m begging you, I’m warning you, I’m commanding you, I’m ordering you.

Date ergo pauperibus: rogo, moneo, praecipio, iubeo.

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61:13 | Give then to the poor; I beg, I advise, I charge, I command you. | Sermon 11:13 on the New Testament | Therefore, give to the poor. I beg you, I admonish you, I charge you, I command you to give. | Sermon 61:13, On Almsgiving, The Fathers Of The Church: A New Translation. Saint Augustine Commentary On The Lord’s Sermon On The Mount With Seventeen Related Sermons, (1951), Ludwig Schopp, Roy Joseph Deferrari, vol. 11/3, p. 286

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