Two posts by Jimmy Akin on Wednesday that exemplify clear explication of Church teaching in specific circumstances. Both are responses to questions sent in by readers.
In one post, Jimmy lays out the rules for choosing godparents. I like it because with the last four short paragraphs he sums up the different possibilities concisely and accurately.
In the other post, Jimmy begins with a question about whether failure to take heart medication counts as "suicide," explains the significance of intention in coloring self-destructive acts and non-acts, and deftly goes on to explain how, as medical technology has evolved, the ethical test of which medical treatments may be refused has itself evolved from "ordinary or extraordinary means?" to "proportionate or disproportionate means?" Along the way he pauses to define "proportionalism" and to show how considering proportionality is not the same thing as falling into that moral error.
I just think they’re great examples of question-answering. See for yourself.
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