Doubt — Bontempi, Palladium Theologicum V · from Schola Thomistica
Doubt II: When things acquired by donation ought to be restored
IT IS ANSWERED that this is so when the Donation is invalid, either by the law of nature, as when it is coerced, or if it was not absolute but conditional, and the condition is not present in fact; or it is void by human law, as that which is made by a Minor without the consent of his Tutor l. Pupillae, ff. de acquirendo rerum dominio, and that which is made between husband and wife l. si Sponsus, ff. de donat. inter virum, et uxorem, except in certain cases noted by Sylvester v. Donatio; and that which is made between a Father and a son not emancipated l. ult. C. de Impuber, except in the cases given by Sylvester loc. cit. See Tanner disput. 4. quaest. 6. dub. 11. num. 315.
Quando nam debeant restitui acquisita per donationem.
RESPONDETUR id esse, quando Donatio est invalidae, sive iure naturae, ut cum est coacta vel si non fuerit absoluta, sed conditionalis; et conditio non adsit in re, sive iure humano sit irrita, ut quae fit a Pupillo sine consensu Tutoris l. Pupillae, ff. de acquirendo rerum dominio, et quae fit inter virum, et uxorem l. si Sponsus, ff. de donat. inter virum, et uxorem, exceptis quibusdam casibus, notatis a Sylvestro v. Donatio, et quae fit inter Patrem, et filium non emancipatum l. ult. C. de Impuber, exceptis casibus apud Sylvestrum loc. cit. Vide Tannerum disput. 4. quaest. 6. dub. 11. num. 315.
From which doctrine it follows that what Adrianus de Restit. says is true — Alensis 4. p. quaest. 86. membr. 3. art. 29, Altisiodor. lib. 4. sum. quaest. 7. de Restit, and D. Bonav. Apologia de paupertate Christi, cap. 2. §. Secundus modus mendicandi, et ad 8. — namely that the poverty of those who by simulated sanctity and poverty extort alms is against justice, and accordingly that such men are thieves, which he proves from D. Ambrose lib. 1. de offic. cap. 16 and D. Augustine de operibus Monachorum, cap. 26.
Ex qua doctrina sequitur, verum esse, id quod Adrianus de Restit. Alensis 4. p. quaest. 86. membr. 3. art. 29. Altisiodor. lib. 4. sum. quaest. 7. de Restit. et D. Bonav. Apologia de paupertate Christi, cap. 2. §. Secundus modus mendicandi, et ad 8. aiunt, illorum egestatem esse contra iustitiam, qui simulatione sanctitatis, et paupertatis extorquent eleemosynas, atque adeo hos esse fures, quod probat ex D. Ambrosio lib. 1. de offic. cap. 16. et D. August. de operibus Monachorum, cap. 26.