Summary: Justice without cruelty, poverty without fear, and the seat of true virtue—Augustine answers Nectarius by defending correction over revenge and pointing to Christ as the one Way; Clement commends frugality as the pilgrim’s provision, teaching that generosity multiplies like a flowing well; and Aquinas identifies virtue as the stable perfection of our powers, making us good and our acts good under right reason. (Psalm 25:10; John 14:6; Deuteronomy 8:3; Matthew 4:4)

Readings: Augustine, Letter 104 (To Nectarius, A.D. 409)

Clement of Alexandria, The Instructor, Book 3, Chapter 7 — Frugality a Good Provision for the Christian

Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologica, Part 1–2, Question 55 — The Subject of Virtue (Combined and Condensed)

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