είναι απο τα κεφάλαια 15 και 16 του Institutiones Divinae, του πατέρα της εκκλησίας ΛακτάντιουFor God, who produces and gives breath to men, willed that all should be equal, that is, equally matched.[4] He has imposed on all the same condition of living; He has produced all to wisdom; He has promised immortality to all; no one is cut off from His heavenly benefits. For as He distributes to all alike His one light, sends forth His fountains to all, supplies food, and gives the most pleasant rest of sleep; so He bestows on all equity and virtue. In His sight no one is a slave, no one a master; for if all have the same Father, by an equal right we are all children. No one is poor in the sight of God, but he who is without justice; no one is rich, but he who is full of virtues; no one, in short, is excellent, but he who has been good and innocent; no one is most renowned, but he who has abundantly performed works of mercy; no one is most perfect, but he who has filled all the steps of virtue. Therefore neither the Romans nor the Greeks could possess justice, because they had men differing from one another by many degrees, from the poor to the rich, from the humble to the powerful; in short, from private persons to the highest authorities of kings. For where all are not equally matched, there is not equity; and inequality of itself excludes justice, the whole force of which consists in this, that it makes those equal who have by an equal lot arrived at the condition of this life.
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Some one will say, Are there not among you some poor, and others rich; some servants, and others masters? Is there not some difference between individuals? There is none; nor is there any other cause why we mutually bestow upon each other the name of brethren, except that we believe ourselves to be equal. For since we measure all human things not by the body, but by the spirit, although the condition of bodies is different, yet we have no servants, but we both regard and speak of them as brothers in spirit, in religion as fellow-servants. Riches also do not render men illustrious, except that[2] they are able to make them more conspicuous by good works. For men are rich, not because they possess riches, but because they employ them on works of justice; and they who seem to be poor, on this account are rich, because they are not[3] in want, and desire nothing.
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ΟΥΤΙΣ και λοιποί της θεολογίας της απελευθέρωσης: τι λέει τούτος εδώ; Ωραία το χειρίζεται λεκτικά αλλά αυτές οι τεχνικότητες "φαινόμαστε" "στα μάτια του" "ναι υπάρχουν σκλάβοι αλλά δεν υπάρχουν"- δεν μου αρέσουν. Μου φαίνονται λίγο ύποπτες να το πω; Δεν ξέρω πως να το πω
Ωστόσο δεν βλέπω ακριβώς αντιφάσεις εδώ. Ξεκάθαρος είναι νομίζω
