CCC 2408

Life in ChristSECTION TWO THE TEN COMMANDMENTSCHAPTER TWO YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELFII. Respect for Persons and Their Goods
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The seventh commandment forbids theft, that is, usurping another's property against the reasonable will of the owner. There is no theft if consent can be presumed or if refusal is contrary to reason and the universal destination of goods. This is the case in obvious and urgent necessity when the only way to provide for immediate, essential needs (food, shelter, clothing . . .) is to put at one's disposal and use the property of others.

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