Note 190-8 — Chapter IV
John J. (John Joseph) Lalor translation
Origen, for instance, would have the creditor take no interest; but exhorts the debtor to return double the amount unasked. (Homil., III, ad. Ps., § 37.) Hence there is here no condemnation of interest, but only an effort to transform all legal relations into relations of love. Quite the reverse in Lactant., Instit., VI, 12; Basil, ad. Matth., 5 ff.; Ambrose, De Off., III, 3; Chrysost., ad. Matth. Hom., 56; Tim., VII, 373 ff. (Paris, 1727); Hieronym., ad. Ezech., V, 367 c. (Francof, 1684); Augustin., Epist., 54. Even Cyprian, 183, 318 (Paris, 1726).