![]() ![]() Primo enim illud inducunt quod dicitur Deut. They try to uphold their opinion by various arguments. They thus come under the category of those of whom the Preacher speaks, the bread of the needy is the life of the poor whoever deprives them of it is a man of blood (Sir 34:21). They endeavour to deprive the poor of Christ of the means of subsistence, by teaching that it is not lawful for them to live on alms. The adversaries of Christian poverty strive to prevent its practice not only by raising objections against it, but by trying, indirectly, to abolish it entirely. Ad quod probandum multipliciter nituntur. XXXIV, 25: panis egentium vita pauperis est, qui defraudat illum homo sanguinis est. Capitulum 7 Chapter 7 Utrum religiosus possit vivere de eleemosynis et de mendicatis praecipue Is it lawful for religious to live on alms? Objections Non solum autem praedicti adversarii Christi paupertatem ratione impugnare nituntur, sed eam totaliter eradicare conantur quodammodo indirecte dum victum pauperibus Christi crudeliter subtrahere nituntur, dicentes eos de eleemosynis vivere non posse. Jerome says: to offer oneself to God is a truly Christian act and worthy of the apostles, who, having renounced all they had, offered themselves to the Lord ( ad Lucinum Beticum). For as 1 John 3:17 says: if any one has the world’s goods and sees his brother in need, yet closes his heart against him, how does God’s love abide in him? But it is even more praiseworthy if a man, besides sacrificing all his possessions, consecrates himself to God. Ad 23: Our answer to the twenty-third objection is that it is a duty for rich men to assist the needy. sed multo est laudabilius quod aliquis omnibus suis datis etiam se ipsum Deo det: quod ad apostolicam perfectionem pertinet: unde dicit Hieronymus ad Lucinum eremitam: se ipsum offerre Deo proprium christianorum est et apostolorum, qui totum censum quem habuerant Domino tradiderunt. IV: si quis habuerit substantiam huius mundi et viderit fratrem suum necessitatem habere etc. ![]() Ad vigesimumtertium dicendum, quod subvenire indigentibus indicitur illis qui divitias possident, sicut patet ex hoc quod dicitur I Ioan. Nevertheless, the mode of life of which we speak cannot be called new, as it was approved by many saints even in the primitive Church. Therefore, it is not presumptuous to follow this other course or else it would not be lawful to introduce into the Church any new ordinance. Ad 22: We reply to the twenty-second objection that although the holy Fathers have commended one course, they have not blamed the other. Nihilominus tamen iste modus vivendi antiquitus a multis sanctis patribus observatus fuit et etiam in Ecclesia primitiva. ![]() Ad vigesimumsecundum dicendum quod quamvis sancti patres illum modum approbaverint, non tamen istum modum reprobaverunt et ideo non est praesumptuosum hunc modum sequi, alias nihil de novo posset institui quod non fuerit antiquitus observatum. Paul, who preached the Gospel without reward he was a preacher ordained by God (1 Cor 9:14). But if any choose to serve the Church without stipend as a work of supererogation, they are so much the more praiseworthy in that they resemble St. Ad 21: The statute, quoted in the twenty-first objection, was drawn up in favour of the ministers of the Church. Ad vigesimumprimum dicendum quod statutum illud inductum est in favorem ministrorum ecclesiae et ideo si aliqui supererogare volunt ut sine possessionibus ecclesiae serviant laudabiliores existunt, sicut Paulus praedicans evangelium sine sumptu qui a Domino praedicatoribus erat ordinatus, ut patet I Cor.
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