“I believe that it is anti-Christian and unholy for any Christian to live with the object of accumulating wealth. "

Saint Josemaria Escriva, founder of the Catholic organization - Opus Dei, was asked in an interview to comment on the virtue of poverty in view of increasing social awareness in society. Here is an excerpt from what he said,

“Those who do not love and practice the virtue of poverty do not have Christ’s spirit."

In 1867, Charles Spurgeon (known as the ‘prince of preachers’), delivering a sermon to the then largest church congregation in Christendom, said,

“I believe that it is anti-Christian and unholy for any Christian to live with the object of accumulating wealth. You will say, ‘Are we not to strive all we can to get all the money we can?’ You may do so. I cannot doubt but what, in so doing, you may do service to the cause of God. But what I said was that to live with the object of accumulating wealth is anti-Christian.”

“Those who do not love and practice the virtue of poverty do not have Christ’s spirit. This holds true for everyone. For the hermit who retires to the desert; and for the ordinary Christian who lives among his fellow men, whether he enjoys the use of this world’s resources or is short of many of them.”

In 1867, Charles Spurgeon (known as the ‘prince of preachers’), delivering a sermon to the then largest church congregation in Christendom, said,

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