"It is possible that those who are in no way pressed down with the weight of money may be condemned with the covetous in disposition and intent. For it was the opportunity of possessing which was wanting in their case, and not the will for it."
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John Cassian, Institutes of the Coenobia (c. 420 AD) Book VII Chapter XXII
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