Origen on the law of God and the law of Mammon

"[...]if anyone dishonours the lawgiver 'by the transgression of the law', it appears obvious to us that, if there are two laws opposed to one another, the law of God and the law of mammon, it is preferable for us to dishonour mammon by the transgression of the law of mammon in order to pay honour to God by keeping God's law, rather than to dishonour God by the transgression of the law of God in order to pay honour to mammon by keeping mammon's law." (Con. Cel. VIII,56)

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