Thomas Aquinas

As to the fact that he consumed superfluous things for his own uses he then adds another fitting punishment saying, "When he is satisfied he will be bloated." Here he uses the comparison of a man who eats too much and whose bowels become bloated because of an excess of food. By this he means the man who expends his superfluous goods for his own uses, or who acquired superfluous things for himself, will suffer a kind of bloating, unable to dispose correctly of all the things he acquired. This is clear in the Gospel of St. …

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