The student's explanation treats Franciscan poverty as redistribution: wealth is given away rather than discarded, and property from donors is redirected toward good works.
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Alms
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"...away. Maybe he was trying to do good deeds by giving alms."
"So like, he has all this money, and to get rid of it, to become poor, he doesn't chuck it in the river. He..."
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