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Exodus 20:15

Western Saints

Thomas Aquinas

The Lord specifically forbids injury to our neighbor in the Commandments. Thus, "You shall not kill" forbids us to injure our neighbor in his own person; "You shall not commit adultery" forbids injury to the person to whom one is bound in marriage; and now the Commandment, "You shall not steal," forbids us to injure our neighbor in his goods. This Commandment forbids any worldly goods whatsoever to be taken away wrongfully. Theft is committed in a number of ways. …

Explanation of the Ten Commandments ↗

Bonaventure

But because the neighbor is an image of the Trinity, and to him, insofar as he bears the image of the Holy Spirit, benignity is owed: with respect to benignity, to which cupidity and concupiscence are opposed, each of which can be in deed or in heart, four are taken, namely thou shalt not commit adultery, thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's wife, thou shalt not steal, and thou shalt not covet another's goods. And these are to be ordered according to greater or lesser injuries by which justice can be violated.

Breviloquium, Part 5 ↗