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What the Fathers say
Western Saints
Gregory the Dialogist
Ver. 19, 20. Because he hath broken down and laid bare the house of the poor, because he hath violently taken it away and not builded it, neither is he satisfied in his belly. 23. He 'breaks in pieces and lays bare the house of the poor,' who is not ashamed as well to rob out of avarice him whom he crushes by power. …
Thomas Aquinas
First, he clearly demonstrates this in the case of the sin of theft, where he posits two crimes in proper order. The first of these is the violent pillage which he means when he says, "He broke in pieces and stripped the house of the poor," showing violence in breaking it in pieces and theft in stripping it. Second, he puts the lack of restitution, and to this he says, "he pillaged the house and did not rebuild it," as if to say: He neglected to repay what he took from the house or destroyed in breaking it in pieces.
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