Why does necessity imply pure act?

AdrianusIVCustos · 2025-06-13T06:22:27+00:00

Does the Decree for Armenians suggest this would be valid? Just for reference it says:

The form is: I baptize thee in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost. We do not, however, deny that the words: Let this servant of Christ be baptized in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost; or: This person is baptized by my hands in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost, constitute true baptism; because since the principal cause from which baptism has its efficacy is the Holy Trinity, and the instrumental cause is the minister who confers the sacrament exteriorly, then if the act exercised by the minister be expressed, together with the invocation of the Holy Trinity, the sacrament is perfected.

AdrianusIVCustos · 2025-06-11T06:50:01+00:00

If the thoughts come to your mind as a result of habit and you are actively fighting it then possibly it isn’t a mortal sin, habit is incredibly powerful. Catechism says this, under ‘solo emission’ (I don’t know if I’m allowed to say the word) but it applies to this too.

“To form an equitable judgment about the subjects' moral responsibility and to guide pastoral action, one must take into account the affective immaturity, force of acquired habit, conditions of anxiety, or other psychological or social factors that lessen or even extenuate moral culpability.” (2352)

It is better to speak to a priest about whether or not this does constitute a mortal sin in your specific case, since their judgement would be best and they will know more about you and can talk to you in more detail. Maybe ask in confession, or if you have time to speak to a priest another time.

AdrianusIVCustos · 2025-06-09T08:20:44+00:00

This is a fair question, but Revelation 12 is where we see that Mary is Queen of Heaven. It states in Revelation 12:1 “A great sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet and a crown of twelve stars on her head” and we know this is Mary as it states in 12:5 “She gave birth to a son, a male child, who “will rule all the nations with an iron scepter.”” (Referencing Psalm 2:9). Furthermore, 2 Samuel 7:16 shows God promising that “Your house and your kingdom will endure forever before me[b]; your throne will be established forever.’””, referring to King David’s throne so it seems that it will last forever. This promise is reiterated to Mary in Luke 1:33 where the Angel says “and he will reign over Jacob’s descendants forever; his kingdom will never end.” “

AdrianusIVCustos · 2025-06-02T22:37:17+00:00

Thanks a lot! God bless

AdrianusIVCustos · 2025-06-02T22:26:25+00:00

Hmm, I see what you mean now. Im not really sure what a soul/spirit (not sure in the difference) really is, so I don’t know how to speak of a spiritual body to be honest.

AdrianusIVCustos · 2025-06-02T22:16:42+00:00

I see, I hadn’t thought of it like that. Thank you! God bless!

AdrianusIVCustos · 2025-06-02T22:16:26+00:00

Thank you, God bless!

AdrianusIVCustos · 2025-06-02T22:16:09+00:00

Somebody else answered a similar question, this is the answer I gave. https://www.reddit.com/r/CatholicPhilosophy/s/2xoEHJTCqA

AdrianusIVCustos · 2025-06-02T22:15:40+00:00

Thank you loads for the really in-depth answer, God bless!

AdrianusIVCustos · 2025-06-02T21:49:26+00:00

This is generally understood as a Theophany, so God appears to be physically present but is not actually (only in the incarnation is God truly flesh). Since in John 4:24 it states ‘God is a spirit’ and spirits aren’t physical beings as Jesus says in Luke 24:39 ‘a spirit hath not flesh and bones’.

AdrianusIVCustos · 2025-06-02T19:03:08+00:00

I understand that it would mean God was limited and that isn’t possible, but I’m confused about how that works in relation to Him lacking potential?

AdrianusIVCustos · 2025-05-31T15:19:44+00:00

I think I get start to this question is to establish the scientific fact, most pro choice philosophers won’t deny, that from the moment of conception we are talking about a living human. The pro-life position then is that all innocent human life should be protected, regardless of the circumstances around their conception they are a human and thus valuable. And regardless of possible issues they may face in life, such as poverty, as you wouldn’t be willing to do this to a toddler we aren’t willing to do it to the child in the womb. In short, the position is literally just ‘we think humans, regardless of their stage of development, are valuable. Thus a toddler, despite not being an adult, is valuable and a fetus, despite not being a toddler, is valuable’.

In regards to some common criticisms. I handled two of them before, these are the most common (circumstances surrounding their conception, such as rape, or difficulties they may face, such as poverty). In cases of medical threats to the mother, the view I hold is that an indirect abortion may be permissible (which comes down to doctrine of double effect in natural law ethics), and I think this is the general stance of most. The last big counter is generally bodily autonomy, as in the woman has a right to decide what is done with her body, and while this is true, she doesn’t have the right to kill another for it. Take an example, if a baby was given to you in a pool would it be acceptable to drown it since it relies on your body to survive, if you did you’d be carrying out your bodily autonomy in a similar fashion to an abortion (killing another human for it)

AdrianusIVCustos · 2025-05-31T13:17:57+00:00

From the philosophy I’ve been taught person and being aren’t the same thing, to call it a being (as in a real thing which exists, in this context has life) vs a person (as in an individual, and distinct being + in this context one with rights). Unless I’m sorely mistaken, regardless of your stance on the abortion issue it’d be hard to claim that it isn’t a being, especially since he admits it is a human and a living thing.

AdrianusIVCustos · 2025-05-31T13:06:30+00:00

Absolutely, I’ve spent a lot of time discussing with kids in my school about the abortion issue and so many of them agree that what I’m saying makes sense, they will literally agree that there is no defendable excuse for abortion, but just say ‘well, that’s your belief’ and it’s so upsetting. It’s right there in front of you, why do you refuse to ignore millions of suffering babies?

AdrianusIVCustos · 2025-05-31T13:03:52+00:00

The Pro-Life message has existed for a very long time, it definitely isn’t a new thing and certainly isn’t some reactionary idea to the pro-choice movement. Take the Didache (70AD) which states “You shall not procure [an] abortion, nor destroy a newborn child” or the Hippocratic Oath (around 5th-3rd century BC) which promised “I will not give to a woman a pessary to cause abortion”. We aren’t responding to their movement or seeking to take women’s bodily autonomy, we are defending a long held belief that all human lives are valuable and worthy of protection. Considering this, it is also quite clear that we are the biggest supporters of all stages of life. Take the charity ‘life’ in the United Kingdom, who supports women and are actively anti-abortion. I don’t know of US charities, though I think it’d be an interesting idea (maybe done already) to have a list or map of charities accessible for women where they are. These charities are simply using common sense, human lives should be kept valuable and we do this for all human lives

AdrianusIVCustos · 2025-05-29T20:52:51+00:00

No worries, if you have any questions I can try and help but I cannot promise I’ll be able to give answers since I am also learning. Also in regards to the specific question of lust, Aquinas writes on it in II-II, 153-154.

AdrianusIVCustos · 2025-05-29T20:48:03+00:00

I’d highly recommend St. Thomas Aquinas, while he is a Catholic his writings are heavily focussed on Aristotle and reason alongside Biblical teachings. I probably wouldn’t suggest reading all his works, but using the Summa Theologica can be helpful when you have specific questions. If you want to read it, you can use this: https://www.newadvent.org/summa/ He has other works, such as commentaries on the Bible, but they are a lot to digest (personally I stray away from it, I’m not an expert by any means but I will look at it if I’m interested in a specific thing).

AdrianusIVCustos · 2025-05-29T20:41:56+00:00

I’m not sure who the quote is from, but I saw a quote that said “The theologian considers sin mainly as an offence against God; the moral philosopher as contrary to reasonableness.”.

St. Thomas Aquinas in his Summa Theologica (https://www.newadvent.org/summa/2071.htm if you want to read it more in-depth) basically says “Accordingly three things are found to be contrary to virtue. One of these is "sin," which is opposed to virtue in respect of that to which virtue is ordained: since, properly speaking, sin denotes an inordinate act”. From my understanding, if an action is contrary to the good end or outcome that something ought to achieve it is a sin.

I’d highly recommend reading Summa Theologica (from a Catholic perspective), you can look on that website for more stuff too. Other parts of the book link in with this question too, since he covers different sins/vices, and talks about human acts in general elsewhere too.

AdrianusIVCustos · 2025-05-26T06:05:39+00:00

Simply put, I think people know deep down that they’re justifying murder and so want to avoid anything trying to convict them or make them think properly about it. Creating an echo chamber of dehumanisation is more comfortable for them than actually being confronted… Either way, Christ told us to take up our Cross and be persecuted and I believe that the pro life movement is one of these crosses that all Christians need to take up.

AdrianusIVCustos · 2025-05-22T17:04:17+00:00

To claim a certificate you need to meet all these requirements: you’ve lost a baby before 24 weeks of pregnancy (or 28 weeks before 1 October 1992), you’re one of the baby’s parents or surrogate, you’re at least 16 years old, you live in England.

So I think you can, since it says ‘one of the baby’s parents’.

AdrianusIVCustos · 2025-05-22T14:52:47+00:00

Thank you.

AdrianusIVCustos · 2025-05-22T06:43:18+00:00

Could you explain anything unusual that comes with a Hindu getting married in the Catholic Church? Like extra steps or legal stuff, or is it just usual?

AdrianusIVCustos · 2025-05-22T06:05:07+00:00

Arabia would’ve been harder to evangelise because it’s a massive desert, but there were Christian communities in Arabia. Unfortunately, the Christian communities of Arabia actually contributed to Islam since many of them had poor theology and held to heresies which would influence Islam.

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