tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8950714.post1153060431255093167..comments2024-02-15T17:38:13.412-06:00Comments on nunblog: Man and the SabbathSister Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04032465016160490375noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8950714.post-29592471370540775142010-01-19T17:29:50.131-06:002010-01-19T17:29:50.131-06:00St Thomas Aquinas summed up the Church's tradi...St Thomas Aquinas summed up the Church's tradition on this matter by teaching that although normally it is for the common good that possessions be stewarded by individuals, "Nevertheless, if the need be so manifest and urgent, that it is evident that the present need must be remedied by whatever means be at hand (for instance when a person is in some imminent danger, and there is no other possible remedy), then it is lawful for a man to succor his own need by means of another's property, by taking it either openly or secretly: nor is this properly speaking theft or robbery" (Summa Theologia, Second Part of the Second Part, Question 66, Article 7 "On theft and robbery").<br />Of course, in saying this, he was only repeating in more scholarly terms what saints like John Damascene, Ambrose and Augustine had already been teaching their flocks.Sister Annehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04032465016160490375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8950714.post-91523850179194965912010-01-19T17:12:24.907-06:002010-01-19T17:12:24.907-06:00I can't find the Tribune article about it, but...I can't find the Tribune article about it, but there are plenty of hits if you search "haiti looting food store".Sister Annehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04032465016160490375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8950714.post-67872554020491542232010-01-19T13:27:29.911-06:002010-01-19T13:27:29.911-06:00Is that article online too? Do you have a link to...Is that article online too? Do you have a link to it?flamencokittyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07665114298186254835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8950714.post-9701252196274202592010-01-19T13:18:34.936-06:002010-01-19T13:18:34.936-06:00Amen.Amen.Carolnoreply@blogger.com