Five readings from Christian thinkers challenge our assumptions about money.

Excerpts from Aurelius Ambrosius and Basil the Great taken from Charles Avila, Ownership: Early Christian Teaching (Orbis, 1983).

Christianity and capitalism can get on well together, it’s commonly assumed. Wrong, according to early church fathers like Basil, Augustine and John Chrysostom – in fact, private property is theft. Read them in their own words.