And so what kind of mindlessness is it that would rather have the high priests be poor instead of rich? One can read and hear that out of all peoples, all sects, and all religions the high priests have always been the greatest of men as well as the most wealthy.
Quae igitur hae tantae amentiae sunt, ut pontifices inopes habere quam locupletes malint, cum omnium gentium, omnium sectarum, omnium religionum pontifices summos semper viros eosdemque ditissimos fuisse et legere et audire potuerint?
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