Алчность.

What will we say, who know no limits in acquisition, who worship gold and silver, like the ancients Baal, Ashtoreth and the vile Chemosh, 1 who place in great things precious and shiny stones, soft and luxurious clothes - this food and prey of robbers, tormentors and thieves, proud of the multitude of slaves and cattle, expanding across the plains and mountains, already owning some, acquiring others, and intending to add other things to their possession, like the leech mentioned by Solomon, which cannot be satisfied with anything (see Proverbs 30:15), like hell and earth, fire and water, wanting another Universe to satisfy their covetousness and not being satisfied with the limits set by God, because they are too narrow for our desires and greed? What will those who are elevated to high degrees of honor say, who have perched high on their commanding chair, and raised their eyebrows even higher than the place of their acting, while not thinking about God, who is above all, and about the inaccessible height of the true kingdom, not reasoning that they themselves, having a need for the same mercy, should rule over their subordinates as over fellow servants? Look at these, who, as the divine Amos admirably ridicules them, bask on beds of ivory and anoint themselves with the best ointments, sing to the sounds of the harp, cling to the fleeting as to something permanent, and do not sympathize and do not sympathize with the misfortune of Joseph (see Am. 6, 4-6). It was necessary to show mercy to those who had previously fallen into misfortune, it was necessary to gain mercy for oneself through mercy, the cypress was to weep because the cedar fell (see Zech. 11:2), it was necessary to be taught by the defeat of one’s neighbors, to heal one’s own evil through the misfortunes of others, and to take advantage of that advantage over one’s predecessors, so that oneself through others could receive salvation, and not others to be chastened by one’s example (1). Baal was a West Semitic god or demon who was represented as living and acting in a specific place. Astarte - in West Semitic mythology: the goddess of love and fertility. – Approx. ed. You might be interested in: