"Basil the Great, one of the most influential theologians in the Christian tradition and a fourth-century bishop, argued that the rich who refused to share their goods with the poor were thieves and robbers: “The person who strips another of clothing is called a thief. And those who might clothe the naked and do not — should they not be given the same name? The bread in your board belongs to the hungry; the cloak in your wardrobe belongs to the naked.” He thunders, “the money in your vaults belongs to the destitute.” The rich, he said, are “murderers of the poor.”
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