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What the Fathers say
Western Saints
Gregory the Dialogist
Though he heap up silver as the earth, and prepare raiment as the mud; he may prepare, but the just shall put it on, and the innocent shall divide the silver. Silver is used to be interpreted the clearness of sacred Writ, as it is elsewhere said; The words of the Lord are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth. …
Thomas Aquinas
As the happiness of his sons and friends is frail and perishable, the same is true of the manmade riches he possesses. Among these are certain artificial riches like money, which was devised as the measure of the exchange of things, as Aristotle says. As to this he says, "If he heaps up silver like dust," that is, if he should acquire as great a supply of money as is had on earth. The same is also true for his natural riches, which provide for the natural necessity of men, like bread and wine, clothing and other things like this. …
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