Fathers

Loading…

What the Fathers say

Ecclesiastes 5:13

Western Saints

Bonaventure

Second, riches are to be despised because they are frequently not transmitted to posterity. "There is also another infirmity," etc. Above he showed that riches do not enrich their possessors; here he adds secondly that they are to be despised because they are frequently not transmitted to posterity; and indeed he does this in the following order. First is noted the consideration of future poverty in one's offspring. Second, from this he denounces the toilsome anxiety of acquiring money. …

Commentary on Ecclesiastes, Chapter 5 ↗