Date ergo pauperibus: rogo, moneo, praecipio, iubeo." - Meaning and context.">
So give to the poor; I’m begging you, I’m warning you, I’m commanding you, I’m ordering you.
 • 61:13
• Alternate versions:
 • Give then to the poor; I beg, I advise, I charge, I command you.
  • Sermon 11:13 on the New Testamenthttp://books.google.com/books?as_q=&hl=en&num=10&as_epq=I+beg,+I+advise,+I+charge,+I+command+you.&as_oq=&as_eq=&lr=&cr=&as_ft=i&as_filetype=&as_qdr=all&as_nlo=&as_nhi=&as_occt=any&as_dt=i&as_sitesearch=&as_rights=&safe=images&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wp
 • Therefore, give to the poor. I beg you, I admonish you, I charge you, I command you to give.
  • Sermon 61:13, On Almsgiving, The Fathers Of The Church: A New Translation. Saint Augustine Commentary On The Lord’s Sermon On The Mount With Seventeen Related Sermons, (1951), Ludwig Schopp, Roy Joseph Deferrari, vol. 11/3, p. 286
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Date ergo pauperibus: rogo, moneo, praecipio, iubeo.

— Augustine of Hippo

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "Date ergo pauperibus: rogo, moneo, praecipio, iubeo." in the context of "So give to the poor; I’m begging you, I’m warning you, I’m commanding you, I’m ordering you.
 • 61:13
• Alternate versions:
 • Give then to the poor; I beg, I advise, I charge, I command you.
  • Sermon 11:13 on the New Testamenthttp://books.google.com/books?as_q=&hl=en&num=10&as_epq=I+beg,+I+advise,+I+charge,+I+command+you.&as_oq=&as_eq=&lr=&cr=&as_ft=i&as_filetype=&as_qdr=all&as_nlo=&as_nhi=&as_occt=any&as_dt=i&as_sitesearch=&as_rights=&safe=images&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wp
 • Therefore, give to the poor. I beg you, I admonish you, I charge you, I command you to give.
  • Sermon 61:13, On Almsgiving, The Fathers Of The Church: A New Translation. Saint Augustine Commentary On The Lord’s Sermon On The Mount With Seventeen Related Sermons, (1951), Ludwig Schopp, Roy Joseph Deferrari, vol. 11/3, p. 286" to mean that wisdom is timeless.

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Augustine of Hippo

About Augustine of Hippo

St. Augustine of Hippo (13 November 354 – 28 August 430) was a Christian theologian, rhetor, North African bishop, Doctor of the Catholic Church, saint, and a philosopher influenced in his early years by Manichaeism and the Neo-Platonism of Plotinus.