“[Christian leaders] also should be compassionate, merciful to all, turning back those who have gone astray, caring for all who are sick, not neglecting the widow, the orphan, or the poor, but always taking thought for what is good before both God and others, abstaining from all anger, prejudice, and unfair judgment, avoiding all love of money, not quick to believe a rumor against anyone, not severe in judgment knowing that we are all in debt because of sin.”
Polycarp (69-155) Bishop of Smyrna in To The Philippians 6.1. LCL 341.