Thesis on Material Possessions

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An artist's depiction of a nobleman's riches.

Thesis on Material Possessions 

 

Many men and women yearn for great hordes of wealth, baubles and trinkets that they can boast about to their friends, that they can showcase and put on display to gather dust. What a life it is to own an entire basement full of materials or items that you would never use, artifacts for the sake of simply owning them. It remains my firm belief that simplicity and poverty is the path to true faithfulness and piety. A faithful canonist man or woman should have no use in owning a large amount of property, mina or other baubles for they should be contempt in GOD and him alone.

 

All faithful canonists should strive to live a life of charity, poverty and simplicity, to further strengthen one's relationship with almighty GOD. A faithful man or woman should not live their life in pursuit of wealth and property, they should live a life spreading GOD’s good work, studying the scrolls or performing acts of charity. To hoard materials, mina and property all for yourself is incredibly greedy and we all know that greed is a deadly sin that will condemn your soul to the void. However I do believe it to be morally right and acceptable to gather large quantities of materials with the intent to distribute it to those who need it. Alas, those who currently hoard wealth, mina or materials might yet be able to save their soul from eternal damnation, they can do this by distributing such things to those who truly need it, the less fortunate.

 

Though, what constitutes hoarding or greediness? The act of hoarding supplies is where an individual or individuals stockpile large amounts of a certain thing with only themselves in mind, not anybody else. An example of hoarding is emptying an entire field of wheat instead of only taking what you need and leaving some for others. Hoarding is a by-product of greed. Green is a deadly sin which condemns one soul to the void for all eternity, greed is the unassailable desire for extreme wealth, riches, titles, property and all things that one might be able to get into their hands, it is why men quarrel of title-stealing so easily. Take heed from my thesis, brothers and sisters, and take time out of your day to help somebody else, beat the temptations of greed. 

 

Boniface

11th of Sigismund’s End 1759