Anthony of Padua

“ That the revenues of the Church are not to be given to relations, but to the poor ; and that he who does otherwise is a robber.
Genesis 50:21 || Leviticus 22:12 || Deuteronomy 12:17 | 23:24 | 26:14 || 1 Samuel 2:13 || 2 Kings 5:16 | 22:17 || 2 Chron. 24 5,7 || Proverbs 28:24 || Jeremiah 7:11 || S. Matthew 21:13 || S. John 10:10 12:5 .
351. Against those who will not be subject to others, and thus imitate the devil.
1 Samuel 15:22 f || Proverbs 1:24 || Psalms 14:13 | 16:6 || Hosea 4:4 || Ephesians 5:21 || Philippians 2:3 . ”

“ That flatterers gain favour with wicked prelates and the good are despised and ridiculed.
1 Samuel 22:9 | 2 Samuel 15:12 || 1 Kings 22:6 ,8,11 || 2 Chronicles 18:7 || Esther 3:5 || Proverbs 29:12 || Jeremiah 28:11 .
346. Against prelates that keep silence when they ought to speak.
Genesis 24:33 | 1 Samuel 3:13 || Job 31:38 || Psalms 40:11 | 71:15 ,22 | 73:27 | 78:7 | 119:13 || Isaiah 6:5 | 22:15 | 40:2 | 58:1 | 62:1 || Jeremiah 31:6 | 50:2 || Lamentations 2:10 || Ezekiel 3:18 | 20:4 ,49 | 33:6 || Hosea 8:1 || Ecclesiasticus 20:31 || Acts 20:26 || 2 Timothy 4:1 . ”

“ That by the example of a good prelate his people prospers and is saved.
Genesis 30:29 | 39:5 || Judges 2:7 | 2 Kings 12:2 || Psalms 132:9 || Jeremiah 31:14 .
340. That the people suffers for the sins of evil prelates.
1 Samuel 4:10 | 28:19 || 2 Kings 21:11 || Job 20:10 | 21:17 | 27:13 || Ecclesiastes 9:14 || Isaiah 3:4 ,5 | 14:20 f | 52:5 || Jeremiah 7:17 | 10:21 | 11:22 | 12:9 ,10 | 14:17 ,18 | 15:4 | 32:18 || Lamentations 4:12 ,13 || Hosea 7:1 | 9:11 ,15 || Jonah 1:12 || Ecclesiasticus 41:6 . ”