Category Archives: Mammon

“The greatest of these is lucre” by P.D. James

“And the house alone, thought Dalgliesh, must be worth at least three-quarters of a million, probably considerably more, given its position and unique architechtural interest. He recalled as he so often did the words of an old detective sergeant when … Continue reading

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“Unsecularize the Church” by J.H. Thornwell

“Our whole system of operations gives an undue influence to money. Where money is the great want, numbers must be sought; and where an ambition for numbers prevails, doctrinal purity must be sacrificed. The root of the evil is the … Continue reading

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