Works Cited, The Spanish Labyrinth

One must be careful, however, not to exaggerate the scope of these remarks. In spite of a certain emphasis, which was due to the new preoccupation with social questions, they are really nothing more than a restatement of the classic view of the Church – the old, ever repeated, never fulfilled hope that the rich would some day be generous. According to this view, as expressed by St Thomas Aquinas, the ‘communication’ of superfluous riches to the common use should be based on Christian feelings of love and generosity and not on compulsion. For compulsion took away the merit.

Brenan, Gerald. The Spanish Labyrinth (Canto Classics) (pp. 551-552). Cambridge University Press. Kindle Edition.