tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5007043322224185607.post5114258452001591492..comments2023-07-04T03:52:36.530-07:00Comments on Theology & Peace: Note to Paul RyanTheology & Peacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11761119602853287892noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5007043322224185607.post-30143990332097008402012-08-21T14:10:25.886-07:002012-08-21T14:10:25.886-07:00Not so useless, really. Sounds like the gospel. I ...Not so useless, really. Sounds like the gospel. I stand corrected. Thanks!Tony Bartletthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05817563574561933793noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5007043322224185607.post-89685837819027251762012-08-18T12:07:11.631-07:002012-08-18T12:07:11.631-07:00Another "useless" citation from Aquinas:...Another "useless" citation from Aquinas:<br /><br />Now, according to the natural order instituted by divine providence, material goods are provided for the satisfaction of human needs. Therefore the division and appropriation of property, which proceeds from human law, must not hinder the satisfaction of man's necessity from such goods. Equally, whatever a man has in superabundance is owed, of natural right, to the poor for their sustenance. So Ambrosius says, and it is also to be found in the Decretum Gratiani: "The bread which you withhold belongs to the hungry; the clothing you shut away, to the naked; and the money you bury in the earth is the redemption and freedom of the penniless." (Summa Theologica, II-II, Question 66, Article 7)Jeremy Cosandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00397591219385709957noreply@blogger.com