# St. Thomas — Religion and the Rise of Capitalism character guide

> St. Thomas in Religion and the Rise of Capitalism by R. H. Tawney.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** St. Thomas

**First appearance:** 0003-religion-and-the-rise-of-capitalism

## Who they are

Another reference to Thomas Aquinas or apostle Thomas.

## In the story

### [The New Medicine for Poverty](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/religion_and_the_rise_of_capitalism_se/chapters/iv-the-new-medicine-for-poverty)

Cited as typical of medieval writers who insisted that property is stewardship and that withholding alms in urgent necessity is mortal sin.

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