Show 173: The 7th Commandment

THE SEVENTH COMMANDMENT OF GOD. In the Seventh Commandment almighty God forbids us to wrong our neighbor in his goods and property. THE RIGHT OF POSSESSION Earthly goods are necessary to man's subsistence, such as food, clothes, a dwelling-place, money, etc. Personal property is justly obtained when it is either ac quired by labor or by gift. Sins against the Seventh Commandment. The Seventh Commandment expressly forbids: Theft, robbery, cheating, usury, injuring the property of another, detention of goods that have been found or lent, and the non-payment of debts. Theft is the secret purloining of another man's goods con trary to the rational will of their owner. Robbery is theft accompanied by personal violence. Cheating consists in injuring onej's neighbor in his pos sessions by crafty means. Usury consists in making use of the needy circumstances of another to one's own profit (Exod. xxii. 25). Wilfully injuring another man's property, keeping back: what one has found or what has been lent to one, and refusing! to pay one's debts, is equivalent to stealing. We are in danger of committing mortal sin if we take from our neighbor as much as he requires to support him one day in a manner suitable to his position. RESTITUTION OR SATISFACTION. He who has purloined from his neighbor or wronged him in his property, is under a strict obligation to restore the stolen goods or make compensation for the damage done (Lev. vi. 1-5). 2. If any one has unwittingly got stolen goods in his posses sion, he is bound to give them up to the rightful owner as soon as he becomes aware that they were stolen. He who refuses either to give up the stolen property or to compensate for the loss sustained, will not obtain pardon of his sins from God, nor absolution from the priest. What are the Reasons which ought to Deter us from Transgress ing the Seventh Commandment? People who wrong their neighbor in his property generally come to shame and poverty, often die unrepentant, and are in danger of everlasting damnation. The honest man will prosper upon earth Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-uncensored-catholic--5855002/support. Read about my new book: https://southernappalachianherbs.blogspot.com/2023/12/a-daily-catholic-devotional-reflections.html My substack newsletter for The Uncensored Catholic is: https://judsonc.substack.com/ Join our Catholic forums at CatholicsmRocks.org https://www.catholicismrocks.com/forum Missio Dei's site is: https://www.missiodeicatholic.org/ Confirmation, an Autobiography of Faith https://southernappalachianherbs.blogspot.com/2023/05/confirmation-autobiography-of-faith.html Available in paperback on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0C47Q1JNK Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-uncensored-catholic--5855002/support.