Section — Bontempi, Palladium Theologicum V · from Schola Thomistica
Section II: On Almsgiving
Most excellently does the Seraphic Doctor in the Diaeta, tit. 2, cap. 7 compare Almsgiving to a radiant light, which ought to be carried not behind, but before a man walking; for Almsgiving is not to be done after death, but before death, more fruitfully, as the wise man says Eccles. 14: before death do good to your friend. But he who does otherwise is like one carrying a light behind him; see there also other splendid similitudes.
De Eleemosyna.
Eximie S. Doctor in Diaeta, tit. 2. cap. 7. Eleemosynam comparat radioso lumini, quod non post, sed ante hominem gradientem debeat portari; non enim post, sed ante mortem facienda est fructuosius Eleemosyna, dicente sapiente Eccles. 14. ante mortem benefac amico tuo. Qui autem secus facit, similis est a tergo lumen portanti, alias praeclaras similitudines ibidem vide.
Within this section
- Question I: Whether to give alms is an act of charity
- Question II: Whether the kinds of almsgiving are fittingly distinguished
- Question III: Whether almsgiving is a matter of precept
- Question IV: Whether there is a precept to give superfluities to the poor in common necessities
- Question V: Whether anyone is bound at some time to give alms from things necessary to his state, apart from the extreme necessity of the neighbor
- Question VI: Whether alms is owed in justice to one in extreme need
- Question VII: Whether alms ought to be given from justly possessed goods