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St. Antonino

Italian Dominican friar and moral theologian.

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Also known as St. Antonino

First appearance: religion and the rise of capitalism

St. Antonino shows up with force in The Social Organism. The page is where that presence becomes real.

Cited as an example of a medieval Schoolman whose economic teaching in the fifteenth century was more complex and realistic than that of St.
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In The Social Organism: Cited as an example of a medieval Schoolman whose economic teaching in the fifteenth century was more complex and realistic than that of St. Thomas in the thirteenth, illustrating the development of medieval social theory.

Later, in The Sin of Avarice: Fifteenth-century theologian who introduced a more flexible three-grade price system (pius, discretus, rigidus) and argued that price fairness was a matter of probability and conjecture.

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MBMr. BadmanRBRichard BaxterJBJohn BunyanMLMartin LutherTAThomas AquinasSASt. Antonino

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  • Capitalism and Reformation Figures
  • Puritan Religious Leaders

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