Aquinas on the sin of rash judgment

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Aquinas on the sin of rash judgment

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Christ our Lord “forbids rash judgment which is about the inward intention, or other uncertain things, as Augustine states… Or again according to Chrysostom, He forbids the judgment which proceeds not from benevolence but from bitterness of heart.”

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Re: Aquinas on the sin of rash judgment

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yes indeed

one must practise listening with the "ears of the heart" - a Benedictine reality.
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