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What the Fathers say
Western Saints
Augustine of Hippo
He next saith, "Incline mine heart unto Thy testimonies, and not to covetousness" (ver. 36). This then he prayeth, that he may profit in the will itself. ...But the Apostle saith, "Avarice is a root of all evils." But in the Greek, whence these words have been rendered into our tongue, the word used by the Apostle is not pleonecia, which occurs in this passage of the Psalms; but filarguria, by which is signified "love of money." But the Apostle must be understood to have meant genus by species when he used this word, that is, to have …
Ambrose of Milan
Therefore, as I am about to speak of what is useful, I will take up those words of the prophet: "Incline my heart to your testimonies and not to covetousness," that the sound of the word useful may not rouse in us the desire for money. Some indeed put it thus: "Incline my heart to your testimonies and not to what is useful," that is, that kind of usefulness that is always on the watch for making gains in business and has been bent and diverted by the habits of people to the pursuit of money. …
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