At the same time, radical Pelagian tracts, such as the de divitiis-the relentlessly argued "Treatise on Riches"-had advocated the total renunciation of property by the rich.27 The author of this tract extended his plea for total renunciation to include a consequential denunciation of the existence of wealth in the first place: Tolle divitem et pauperem non invenies {Get rid of the rich and you will find no poor} was one of his many provocative slogans.
( Peter R.L. Brown )
[ The Ransom of the Soul ]
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