_Augustine’s Third Question._—I beseech you, what punishment must be inflicted on one who steals anything from a church? _Gregory answers._—You may judge, my brother, by the condition of the thief, in what manner he is to be corrected. For there are some, who, having substance, commit theft; and there are others, who transgress in this matter through want. Wherefore it is requisite, that some be punished with fines, others with stripes; some with more severity, and some more mildly. And when the severity is greater, it is to proceed from charity, not from anger; because this is done for the sake of him who is corrected, that he may not be delivered up to the fires of Hell. For it behoves us to maintain discipline among the faithful, as good parents do with their children according to the flesh, whom they punish with stripes for their faults, and yet they design to make those whom they chastise their heirs, and preserve their possessions for those whom they seem to visit in wrath. This charity is, therefore, to be kept in mind, and it dictates the measure of the punishment, so that the mind may do nothing beyond the rule prescribed by reason. You will add to this, how men are to restore those things which they have stolen from the church. But let not the Church take more than it has lost of its worldly possessions, or seek gain from vanities. _Augustine’s Fourth Question._—Whether two full brothers may marry two sisters, who are of a family far removed from them? _Gregory answers._—Most assuredly this may lawfully be done; for nothing is found in Holy Writ on this matter that seems to contradict it. _Augustine’s Fifth Question._—To what degree may the faithful marry with their kindred? and is it lawful to marry a stepmother or a brother’s wife?