Traditions which converge in Aquinas’ stand on sins of lust contra naturam
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https://doi.org/10.12775/BPTH.2019.011Keywords
sins contra naturam, moral tradition, fist practical principles, relativismAbstract
The paper holds that in Aquinas’ study of sins against nature converge ostensibly the biblical and the patristic traditions, but also converge tacitly the Greek philosophical and Romanist traditions. It deals with the problem of what belonging to a moral tradition means and refutes the Gadamerian, relavistic answer to this problem. It ends by showing with John Paul II that only a metaphysical, not merely hermeneutical understanding of the tradition is compatible with the Catholic faith.
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