Pertanyaan: 463. Di mana Restitusi Diajarkan?
Lihat Matius 5:26; Lukas 16:10-12; Lukas 19:8,9; Roma 13:8; Filemon 1:18. Hukum Romawi (pada zaman Kristus) menuntun penggantian empat kali lipat, yang menjelaskan pernyataan Zaccheus dalam Lukas 19:8. Penambahan murah hati setengah dari hartanya, meskipun tidak diminta oleh hukum, jelas didengar dengan persetujuan dari semangat yang mendorongnya. Moralis berpendapat bahwa kita berkewajiban mengembalikan barang yang terutang, jika memungkinkan, dengan penambahan alami. Ini tampaknya menjadi pandangan yang dianut oleh Gereja Kristen awal.
Question: 463. Where Is Restitution Taught?
See Matt 5:26; Luke 16:10-12; Luke 19:8,9; Rom. 13:8; Philemon 1:18. The Roman law (in Christ's day) directed a fourfold restitution, which explains Zaccheus' statement in Luke 19:8. His generous addition of "the half of his goods," though not demanded by the law, was evidently heard with approval of the spirit which prompted it. Moralists hold that we are bound to restore the thing owed, in kind, if possible, with the natural increase added. This seems to have been the view adopted by the early Christian Church.
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