POLI 2403 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Mortal Sin, Dignity, Interdict
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Both docx & pdf are updated up to 21. For midterm, he will print various terms on single strips of paper, you"ll draw out three and choose one to define. Also role play scenario & answer a question about lewis" the great divorce. Attrition & contrition -> from attrition comes true contrition. Attrition = imperfect contrition -> most people. Contrition = perfection contrition -> when people move deeper over time. Goal is to help people move from attrition to contrition. Bar set at attrition for valid confession. Interdict - suspension of sacraments for a group of people defined by an appropriate ecclesial authority; not excommunication. Historical example: all people in a given country weren"t allowed to receive communion because the pope is angry with the government. Modern attempt: anyone voting for pro-choice legislation not allowed to receive communion. Latae sententiae - usually for excommunion, broad sentence .