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1 Timothy 6:10
For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
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Whether Covetousness is the Root of all Sins?
... So when we say that covetousness is the root of all evils, we do not assert that
no other evil can be its root, but that other evils more frequently arise ...
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How Difficult the Evil of Covetousness is to Drive Away when once ...
... of evil," and becomes a hopeless incitement to wickedness, as the Apostle says,
"Covetousness," ie the love of money, "is a root of all kinds of evil." [879]. ...
/.../cassian/the works of john cassian /chapter vi how difficult the.htm

Whether Pride is the Beginning of Every Sin?
... it were, nourished and fostered, for which reason covetousness is called the "root";
whereas pride ... Now though all this is true, nevertheless it does not ...
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Of the Source from which Covetousness Springs, and of the Evils of ...
... deadly poison of this pest, not only says that it is a root of all kinds of evil,
but also calls it the worship of idols, saying "And covetousness (which in ...
/.../cassian/the works of john cassian /chapter vii of the source.htm

The Two Roots of Action, Love and Cupidity; and Each Brings Forth ...
... bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit;" [1827]
and when the Apostle Paul says that covetousness is "the root of all evils ...
/.../augustine/anti-pelagian writings/chapter 19 xviii the two roots.htm

Whether Concupiscence of the Flesh, Concupiscence of the Eyes, and ...
... How covetousness, as a special vice, which goes by the name of "avarice," is the
root of all ... i: and so its name is transferred to all the other senses, and ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether concupiscence of the flesh.htm

Letter Liii. To the Chorepiscopi.
... Now covetousness is the root of all evil and is called idolatry. [2197] Do not
then price idols above Christ for the sake of a little money. ...
/.../basil/basil letters and select works/letter liii to the chorepiscopi.htm

Tenth Commandment
... "A root of all ... The uncontrollable fever for gold makes men renounce all their settled
prospects ... Covetousness has more than once led nation to war against nation ...
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Psalm CXI.
... For since "covetousness is the root of all evils," [5003] it must be cut off, that
it may be consumed here; not be put off, that it may be satisfied there ...
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The Second Day.
... the root of all evils. But if it is true that covetousness is the root
of all evils, in vain do we seek some other kind of evil. ...
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