When Must One Permit Scandals to Arise? A Comparison of Two Traditions
The essay argues that were a bishop to consult the treatment of scandal in the manuals of moral theology of the last several centuries, he could easily find rational justification for an ecclesial cover-up. Given the manualists’ overwhelming emphasis on avoiding scandal, Peter Cantor’s (d. 1197) tri...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sage
2021
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Irish theological quarterly
Year: 2021, Volume: 86, Issue: 3, Pages: 254-272 |
| Further subjects: | B
Justice
B Doctrine B clerical abuse B Life B Seminary B Scandal B Moral Theology B Truth B Renewal B manuals |
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| Summary: | The essay argues that were a bishop to consult the treatment of scandal in the manuals of moral theology of the last several centuries, he could easily find rational justification for an ecclesial cover-up. Given the manualists’ overwhelming emphasis on avoiding scandal, Peter Cantor’s (d. 1197) triplex veritas—a threefold truth one may never abandon despite scandals arising—offers the beginning of a necessary corrective rationale. While not abandoning the insights of the manual writers altogether, the lost medieval tradition of the triplex veritas should be revived to correct the unidirectional rationale regarding the avoidance of scandal. |
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| ISSN: | 1752-4989 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Irish theological quarterly
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/00211400211017692 |