He promised to give half of his possessions to the poor and to repay anyone he had defrauded four times the amount—far exceeding the Jewish law's requirement of adding one-fifth to the principal.
The documentary reveals the extraordinary path that led Father Sean O'Malley, as he was then known, from a 21-year-old Augustinian missionary to the papacy.
The Roman Catholic Church teaches transubstantiation—the belief that the bread and wine are transformed into the actual body and blood of Christ while retaining their physical appearance. This doctrine emphasizes the real presence of Christ in the Eucharistic elements.
Malachi 3:10 records God's challenge: "Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. Test me in this, and see if I will not throw open the floodgates of heaven and pour out so much blessing that there will not be room enough to store it."
More dramatically, Isaiah 21:2 describes Elam as part of God's judgment against Babylon: "Go up, Elam! Lay siege, Media! I will bring to an end all the groaning she caused."