ext_50177 ([identity profile] fpb.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] fpb 2005-09-02 05:52 am (UTC)

In a word, no. In fact, there is a tradition within the Catholic Church of regarding poverty as a blessing - though this is more a matter of sentiment than dogma - and Catholic priests and other religious (monks, friars, nuns) make vows of poverty as well as of chastity and obedience. I may add that the Orthodox Churches are also of a similar mind. Our reward,if any, is not in this world.

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