tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5774317.post456042957049205234..comments2024-03-20T16:30:09.690-05:00Comments on The Fifth Column: Of Fornication and MurderUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5774317.post-16922277292041710842014-07-15T06:04:59.512-05:002014-07-15T06:04:59.512-05:00Any time Clint Eastwood can be quoted in a discuss...Any time Clint Eastwood can be quoted in a discussion about morality or theology it is a good thing.Doug Pearsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08321954889600414571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5774317.post-55221847742996818142014-07-06T07:58:39.353-05:002014-07-06T07:58:39.353-05:00"Living together" without benefit of mar..."Living together" without benefit of marriage is not a new situation. It happened in Aquinas' time as well. Aquinas was certainly aware of the temporal similarities and differences.<br /><br />I cannot find the quote, but I remember Aquinas saying that simple fornication is actually one of the least of all mortal sins, because it is ordered to nature and lacks only the vows to make it a virtue instead of a vice.<br /><br />Certainly Aquinas was aware of the "persistent" nature of fornication versus the "momentary" nature of murder. <br /><br />Yet murder is much more "persistent" than fornication in its own way. As the great theologian, Clint Eastwood, points out in his film "Unforgiven" - "“Hell of a thing, killin' a man. You take away everything he has, and everything he's gonna have." This fact goes completely unremarked in the blog I linked to, yet Aquinas undoubtedly took that into account in his analysis, as did Dante. Steve Kellmeyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07509461318016670424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5774317.post-79545093544345811292014-07-06T06:04:37.037-05:002014-07-06T06:04:37.037-05:00I read the priests statement and did not get the s...I read the priests statement and did not get the sense that he was comparing adultery to murder but rather comparing a persistent sin to a singular act. The Bishop obviously took exception to the priest's example and the priest could certainly find other examples to make his point<br /><br />I only read what was linked from your article so I may not have all the information that the good Bishop has.Doug Pearsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08321954889600414571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5774317.post-32602240426435181352014-07-04T06:33:18.822-05:002014-07-04T06:33:18.822-05:00Steve - you might want to try focusing on the fact...Steve - you might want to try focusing on the fact that ... you and the fake "traditionalists" are both automatically excommunicated from the Catholic Church ...<br /><br />... instead of your fake conflict between the mainline vatican-2 heretics and the "traditionalist" heretics (which makes people think you and the fake "traditionalists are in the Catholic Church).<br /><br />Abjuration of heresy to become Catholic on Section 19.1 of my site > Immaculata-one.com.Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16461431542126250213noreply@blogger.com