A Vindication of Catholic Morality Or a Refutation of the Charges Brought Agai
A Vindication of Catholic Morality Or a Refutation of the Charges Brought Agai
Alessandro Manzoni
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153 with only one ? Ought those benevolent persons, who administer assistance to a man rescued from a river with little or no signs of life, to be accused of encouraging men to drown themselves ? And be it here observed, the language of the Church on this subject seems two-fold : she would strike terror into the minds of sinners, who, in the vigour of their health, live without God, flattering themselves with a confused idea of conversion at a distant period, whilst she seeks to give confidence... to the dying. In this there is no contradiction, but rather we discern the dealings of prudence and of truth, for in both cases the sinner is disposed U) look but at one side of the question, and what the Church presents to his view is the side he for«_ To the former, so possessed with the idea of a pos- sibility, it is useful to represent the difficulty, while to the latter, who are so deeply impressed with the difficulty alone, one of the greatest obstacles to hifl conversion is his distrust of the mercy of Cod.
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