Posted on 01/13/2004 6:30:40 AM PST by dead
Actually, it's the insight of great Catholic moral theologians. And I value their insight greatly. This discussion can be subject to much confusion (as can happen here), especially when used to obfuscate the teachings of the Church and corrupt the moral law.
Objectively, yes. The woman is also being forced to perform an action under duress.
Forcing what is essentially a rapist to use a condom is not subjectively evil, in this case. No person is required to participate in his own death. Self-defense, IOW.
This seems like a no-brainer to me.
Objectively, yes. The woman is also being forced to perform an action under duress. Forcing what is essentially a rapist to use a condom is not subjectively evil, in this case. No person is required to participate in his own death. Self-defense, IOW. This seems like a no-brainer to me.
We must look at the situation objectively in order to understand it. This should not be a case of "situational ethics" or moral relativism, which is what is becoming the "norm" for most discussions of sexuality.
This is a no brainer! All orthodox moral theologians will concur. One may not commit a moral evil to defend one's life. This is basic moral theology.
If what you suggest were actual circumstances, then the spouse would be perfectly free to use commensurate force to repel the aggressor. This force would not be morally evil. The use of a condom is always morally evil.
But you speak of death as if it's a bad thing that hasn't been defeated.
But you want to sell this hypothetical (?) family a lie.
Key words: The Pope and those in communion with him. In my opinion this Cardinal is not in communion with either the Pope or the Magisterium, my opinion only.
86 "Yet this Magisterium is not superior to the Word of God, but is its servant. It teaches only what has been handed on to it. At the divine command and with the help of the Holy Spirit, it listens to this devotedly, guards it with dedication and expounds it faithfully. All that it proposes for belief as being divinely revealed is drawn from this single deposit of faith." |
100 The task of interpreting the Word of God authentically has been entrusted solely to the Magisterium of the Church, that is, to the Pope and to the bishops in communion with him. |
2034 The Roman Pontiff and the bishops are "authentic teachers, that is, teachers endowed with the authority of Christ, who preach the faith to the people entrusted to them, the faith to be believed and put into practice." The ordinary and universal Magisterium of the Pope and the bishops in communion with him teach the faithful the truth to believe, the charity to practice, the beatitude to hope for. |
2034 The Roman Pontiff and the bishops are "authentic teachers, that is, teachers endowed with the authority of Christ, who preach the faith to the people entrusted to them, the faith to be believed and put into practice." The ordinary and universal Magisterium of the Pope and the bishops in communion with him teach the faithful the truth to believe, the charity to practice, the beatitude to hope for. |
But, frankly, reading your posts remind me what is wrong with the Church today. You are an ordained deacon, and as such should be a representative of Jesus Christ. You should champion the position of Christ and the Church even when it's difficult. Instead, you look to secular solutions for problems of the soul. People need to hear the truth; eternity is at stake. If they can't hear it from an ordained representive of the Church of Christ, where can they hear it?
As Pius XI said in his encyclical on contraception, a confessor or churchman who tells someone that it's ok to practice contraception is a blind guide leading the blind, and both will fall off a precipice.
Would that we had strong churchmen who represented the truth again, and not wimps who don't even seem to believe that there is a supernatural element to religion at all.
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