sins of thought
today i finished jamie o'neill's "at swim two boys" (2001). a beautiful book. it got great reviews. o'neill's website tipped me to the fact that it is also choreographed for dance.
anyway, i learned about three catholic sins of thought.
"time passed, and it was the discriminations and distinctions of sin, with regard to impure thoughts, that held jim's mind. that the church should see so far ahead, so deeply inside the soul, that no contingency was overlooked but she planned for all the twistings and quibblings of conscience: it was a majestic thing to contemplate, a structure built of thought and logic, magnificent and complex as the cathedrals the protestants had stolen from her. in the end, whether his hand moved to that solitary vice was neither here nor there. for already there was the sin of desiderium, which was the desire for what is sinful; of delectatio morosa, the pleasure taken in a sinful thought; of gaudium, the dwelling with the complacency of sins already committed."
wiki groups the three in the entry for internal sin and includes two biblical quotes, including the following: "but i tell you that anyone who looks at a woman lustfully has already committed adultery with her in his heart."
i wonder why so much fuss? but then, i tend to agree with donald urquhart:
(from his show at jackhanley, blogged here)
anyway, i learned about three catholic sins of thought.
"time passed, and it was the discriminations and distinctions of sin, with regard to impure thoughts, that held jim's mind. that the church should see so far ahead, so deeply inside the soul, that no contingency was overlooked but she planned for all the twistings and quibblings of conscience: it was a majestic thing to contemplate, a structure built of thought and logic, magnificent and complex as the cathedrals the protestants had stolen from her. in the end, whether his hand moved to that solitary vice was neither here nor there. for already there was the sin of desiderium, which was the desire for what is sinful; of delectatio morosa, the pleasure taken in a sinful thought; of gaudium, the dwelling with the complacency of sins already committed."
wiki groups the three in the entry for internal sin and includes two biblical quotes, including the following: "but i tell you that anyone who looks at a woman lustfully has already committed adultery with her in his heart."
i wonder why so much fuss? but then, i tend to agree with donald urquhart:
(from his show at jackhanley, blogged here)
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