Keywords
divorced and remarried
„paradigm shift” (Paradigmenwechsel)
doctrine and pastoral care
the law of graduality
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The ambivalence of some formulations in Chapter VIII of the Apostolic Exhortation Amoris laetitia and the resulting conflict of interpretations that is currently taking place in the Church pose an almost unprecedented challenge for the moral theologian. Only one interpretation consistent with doctrinal Tradition, and in particular with the Magisterium of Saint John Paul II in Familiaris consortio and Veritatis splendor, is capable of honoring the profound intention that motivated Pope Francis: pastoral care for “wounded” and “distant” families. The response to the expectations of the Apostolic Exhortation therefore does not depend on a “paradigm shift” that would introduce exceptions “on a case-by-case basis,” but rather on the task of reconstructing the Christian moral subject and therefore in the educational question from the perspective of the virtues, in a way consistent with the demands of practical reason and of the primacy of grace.References
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