Gaudentius of Brescia: Beware that your generosity be not greed in disguise

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“Why wasn’t this perfume sold and the money given to the poor?” Judas in John 12:5a

“Influenced by his fraudulent greed, it is evident that he [Judas] expresses this particular charge attempting to hide it under the guise of religion.”

Gaudentius (c. 390), Bishop of Brescia in Sermon 13. PL 20:935-36.