POWERLESS MONEY
Thomas Aquinas was once speaking with the Pope Innocent II while the pope was counting a large sum of money from the Vatican treasury. The pope turned to Aquinas and noted that the church no longer needs to say, “silver and gold have I none.” “True, Holy Father,” Aquinas observed, “Neither can the church any longer say, “Arise and walk.”
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