ACC ~ James 2 v2

GOD CHOOSES THE WEAK. AUGUSTINE: Far from me is the notion that in your tabernacle, Lord, the rich should be more highly regarded than the poor, or the noble than the less wellborn. You have chosen the weak things of this world to put the strong to shame, and you have chosen things which are dishonorable, despised and of no account, in order to bring to nothing the things which are. CONFESSIONS 8.4.9.

GOLD RINGS. HILARY OF ARLES: What James says here applies not just to rings but to any sign of wealth, for the ring is meant to stand for a treasure house of riches. INTRODUCTORY TRACTATE ON THE LETTER OF JAMES.

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