ACC ~ Acts 8 v21

A RIGHT HEART OBTAINS THE SPIRIT. ARATOR: Seeing him attempting this, Peter said, “What madness has moved you to this, wretch? Namely, that you think that what the grace of the Lord gives is something for sale. It is not gained by gold but by a [right] disposition [of mind]; nor is it permitted that corrupt money, which the person whose eyes are fixed on the earth loves, should earn heaven. Surely there remains no peace for you in this lot, nor will you, defiled by your tricks, be able to come to these things, you who seek what does not belong to you, swollen as you are with the gall of a bitter heart; for the Spirit enters those halls of the mind which are bright with honesty.” ON THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES 1.

THE CENTER OF A PERSON IS HIS HEART. CASSIODORUS: We must, I think, investigate the fact that often in the divine Scriptures heart stands for understanding. … It may be clear to all without doubting that the source of our thoughts is there, and that good and evil are drawn from there. The seat of thought is that tiny part of the body with the appearance of fire, so that it is rightly placed in the position from which good counsel can come to us. EXPOSITION OF THE PSALMS 50.19.

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