Terminology Tuesday: Continence
Continence Augustine’s conception of continence has undergone a peculiar fate. For ancient philosophers such as Aristotle, and for later Christian moral theologians such as
Terminology Tuesday: Simony
Simony. The term, which is derived from *Simon Magus (cf. Acts 8:18–24), denotes the purchase or sale of spiritual things. The legislation of the early Councils shows that simony
Terminology Tuesday: Paradox
PARADOX A paradox (from Gk para and doxa, ‘against opinion’) is an apparent contradiction or logical absurdity. Paradoxes may be divided into three broad categories:(1)
Terminology Tuesday: Corporate Personality
CORPORATE PERSONALITY. In Scripture and in human experience, self-awareness, moral and legal responsibility, blessing and trouble, reward and punishment are corporate as well as in
Terminology Tuesday: Accommodation
ACCOMMODATION or condescension, is a basic principle underlying all of God’s revelation to man. It means that God speaks to us in a form that is suited to the capacity