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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mark Chance" data-source="post: 806954" data-attributes="member: 2795">Not to mention nearly the entire history of Western monasticism. It was, after all, Benedict of Nursia who theorized that private property was an enormous source of evil.From the Benedictine Rule, discussing ownership of private possessions:This vice especiallyis to be cut out of the monastery by the roots.Let no one presume to give or receive anythingwithout the Abbot's leave,or to have anything as his own--anything whatever,whether book or tablets or pen or whatever it may be--since they are not permitted to have even their bodies or willsat their own disposal;but for all their necessitieslet them look to the Father of the monastery.And let it be unlawful to have anythingwhich the Abbot has not given or allowed.Let all things be common to all,as it is written (Acts 4:32),and let no one say or assume that anything is his own.But if anyone is caught indulging in this most wicked vice,let him be admonished once and a second time.If he fails to amend,let him undergo punishment.</blockquote>