
Is the Perverted Faculty Argument Sound?
Sed Contra: A Podcast of Catholic Theology
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Is There a Material Sin?
If you're not doing something that for you is mortal, even if objectively it is, then you're still living in a state of life that allows you to merit when you do things that are good. But the overall received opinion that I trust and interpretation of Aquinas is that that isn't a meritorious action. St. Bonaventure says that if you do something that you're mistaken about the morality of, you know, you do something wrong thinking that it's right, then you sin mortally because you've broken the divine law. For Aquinas, sorry, the other example is that they do something that actually is right. It's a good thing in terms of its
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