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228* The life of poverty is not appealing to Albertus Magnus; he prefers the life of comfort, of abundant food, of a big belly, of a red ruddy face, the life of security, sitting in a castle protected by swords, unafraid of temptations This life appeals to Albertus more than it did even to Sylvester who was hiding in the caves and in forests. The apostles, the fools of Christ, were chased from town to town, as it is written,

(:What the Church of Albertus is fighting for is not the justice of God but the justice of this world.:) Pope Sylvester I ( 314–335), cf. . Chelc̄icky̍ believed with many contemporaries that Sylvester I and Peter Waldo were living at the same time, and that both were in hiding before the imperial forces; they lived frugally in mountains, forests and caves, but finally Sylvester became tired of such life of poverty and accepted the Donation of Constantine (,, ; , I, , chaps.–, , ), while Peter Waldo remained faithful to the vow of poverty. Holinka,, Prague: Melantrich, p.31.

Rom.8:36.