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  • Pax Christi Non-Violent Days of Action

    September 21 2021
    Padraig McCarthy

    While there is clearly a connection between sin (original or otherwise) and violence, the discussion has been somewhat diverted from the original note about the Catholic Non-Violence Initiative. As we

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  • Pax Christi Non-Violent Days of Action

    September 21 2021
    Sean O’Conaill

    To Augustine’s emphasis on the sexual we need to add also his oblivion re the mimetic origin of concupiscence (disordered desire). Thus he could not see the temptation to invidious comparison that i

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  • Pax Christi Non-Violent Days of Action

    September 21 2021
    Joe O'Leary

    https://brill.com/view/book/9789004417595/BP000025.xml Julian of Eclanum continues to point his accusing finger at Augustine, very effectively. There is a four volume study of Julian by Mathijs Lamb

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  • Pax Christi Non-Violent Days of Action

    September 21 2021
    Paddy Ferry

    Augustine and Original Sin. Soline, I am sure, of course, that that Original Sin, or whatever kind of sin was committed by the whole process of bringing new life into the world, was absolved by the "

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  • Pax Christi Non-Violent Days of Action

    September 21 2021
    Paddy Ferry

    Augustine and Original Sin. Joe, thank you and, once again, you are amazing !! How blessed we are to have your knowledge and erudition freely available to us on this site. This piece is definitely

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  • Pax Christi Non-Violent Days of Action

    September 21 2021
    Soline Humbert

    Pax Christi non violent day of action. Speaking from experience, Original Sin is definitely not the first thing that pops into your head when you give birth to your child after carrying her beneath yo

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  • Pax Christi Non-Violent Days of Action

    September 21 2021
    Joe O'Leary

    Augustine did not invent Original Sin, since St Paul got there before him, but he and the African church under his influence invented the Western doctrine of Original Sin. The phrase unum baptisma i

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  • Pax Christi Non-Violent Days of Action

    September 21 2021
    Paddy Ferry

    Thanks, Pádraig.

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  • Pax Christi Non-Violent Days of Action

    September 21 2021
    Pádraig McCarthy

    #4: Paddy: Is Augustine really the man who invented the whole idea of Original Sin? I don’t know enough about Augustine. But I don’t think it’s correct to say that he “invented” original sin

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  • America Magazine: Pope Francis responds to attacks from EWTN, other church critics: ‘They are the work of the devil.’

    September 21 2021
    Sean O'Conaill

    #10. I don’t see that this needs further elaboration from me here, Ger. I am not familiar with most of these groups or individuals, and find it difficult just now to predict the future. Young peopl

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