Inordinate: Straying from the right order of conduct
May 17, 2018 11:44:55 GMT
Post by Admin on May 17, 2018 11:44:55 GMT
"Sin is essentially a spiritual disorder in the sinner and the more disordered his conduct is, the graver the sin. "Inordinate" is a word frequently found in St. Thomas [Aquinas’] moral theology. It means straying from the right order of conduct set by God. ... So it is with all the sins, St. Thomas preserves the goodness of life and nature while condemning their abuse. Stealing is bad because it means taking something (something good) which belongs to another without his permission.
"So the more inordinate a sin is, the graver it is; but the order it violates is an order laid down by God; so all sins are against God and the worse the disorder, the more against God."
Carol Robinson, My Life with Thomas Aquinas, Angelus Press, 1995, pp.15-16
"So the more inordinate a sin is, the graver it is; but the order it violates is an order laid down by God; so all sins are against God and the worse the disorder, the more against God."
Carol Robinson, My Life with Thomas Aquinas, Angelus Press, 1995, pp.15-16