Catholic Word of the Day: ABULIA, 03-20-12

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[Salvation]

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ABULIA

In Catholic morality an emotional disorder that either totally or at least partially prevents a person from making decisions.

All items in this dictionary are from Fr. John Hardon's Modern Catholic Dictionary, © Eternal Life. Used with permission.

[Salvation]

Pondering just when this would apply. Drunkeness? Rage? Or is it more that people don't realize what they are doing, such as in a lenient parent and how a lack of discipline hurts a child?

Or does this pertain more to someone who might be mentally handicapped?

[Salvation]

**emotional disorder** not a mental disorder.

Hmmm

[Salvation]

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Capital Virtues	Gelasian Sacramentary	Sodom
Natural Religion	Montanism	Ex Voto
Immanentist Apologetics	Credo Quia Absurdum	Purgatory
Beguines	Christe Eleison	Easter Controversy
Cheating	Apodictic	Confessions of St. Augustine
Coterie	Rome	Impetration
Archepiscopal Cross	Chamberlain	Herrenmoral
Our Lady of Einsiedeln	Maltese Cross	Sacred
Manifestation of Conscience	Anagogical Sense	A Posteriori
Sequence	Thomism	Obedience
Angels (Symbols)	Mechitarists or Mekhitarists	Epistles to the Thessalonians
Limbo	Divine Generation	Prostration
Jus Gentium	Seven Churches of Asia	Inculpable
The Little Flowers of St. Francis	Douay Bible	Perduance
None	Abulia

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[ClearCase_guy]

Tough word. In my current emotional state, I just can’t decide how to respond.

[Salvation]

~~~Snicker~~

[Tax-chick]

Perfectionism, fear of failure, fear of punishment? My oldest son is kind of like this ... when he was younger, especially, he would find it hard to choose a library book, because he might not like it!

[Salvation]

That makes sense.

[Excellence]

Or the child of a drunk who gets slapped down for every little thing they decide to do, and ends up never deciding anything, or deciding too late.

[dangus]

More religious context, please! There seems to be a medical condition called “eboulia,” probably with identical origins. What’s the theological purpose? Does aboulia reduce culpability of grave sin? Is it a form of concupiscence?