ACC ~ 1 Corinthians 9 v17

THE DISPENSATION OF THE WORD. ORIGEN: What then shall I do, to whom the dispensation of the Word is committed? Although I am an “unprofitable servant,” I have, nevertheless, received from the Lord the commission “to distribute the measure of wheat to the master’s servants.”HOMILIES ON GENESIS 10.

IN CHARITY OF SPIRIT. AMBROSE: Surely it is better to merit a reward than to serve as a steward. Let us not be bound by the yoke of slavery, but let us serve in charity of spirit. LETTER 47.

DISPENSING AND PARTAKING OF SALVATION. AUGUSTINE: Up to now I am so far restored in that glory that I confess I am ignorant not only how near I come to it but even whether I shall come to it at all. It is true I am a dispenser of eternal salvation along with my other innumerable fellow servants. “For if I do this thing willingly, I have a reward.” To be a dispenser of that salvation by word and sacrament is not at all the same as to be a partaker of it. LETTER 261, TO AUDAX.

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