Posted: Sat Dec 19, 2020 2:33 pmRosmana wrote:Tarsonis wrote:
Okay, will you also consider my Master's degree in Theology? You're not wrong that Dogma's can never be changed, but there's more nuance to that. Dogmas cannot change because they are infallible, not the other way around. Christ rising again on the 3rd day, that is an example of dogma, directly revealed from scrpipture. Doctrines can be considered infallible, without ascending the level of Dogma, depending on the subject matter.
2353 "Fornication is carnal union between an unmarried man and an unmarried woman. It is gravely contrary to the dignity of persons and of human sexuality which is naturally ordered to the good of spouses and the generation and education of children. Moreover, it is a grave scandal when there is corruption of the young"
Note the word grave there. That is Catholic speak for a matter of serious moral import. The teachings on Sexuality, are not the same as say, eating fish on Fridays during lent, or do animals go to heaven. Sexuality is a serious moral issue, where the doctrines of the Church draw moral lines. Fornication, is something that the Church hasn't merely prohibited, but declared to be morally wrong. A person who commits these acts, commits a mortal sin, and must go to confession and seek reconciliation. A doctrine such as this cannot change, because to change it would be to change the moral ordination of the Church.
Now, doctrines can develop, in the same vein as the Capital Punishment doctrine did. But it can not develop in such a manner that the core moral theologies they are founded upon become changed. In terms of Capital Punishment, we are prohibited from committing murder, i.e, Killing without just cause or authority. Capital Punishment, was always permitted as having both those conditions. However, with the issue of false convictions, and the ability for the state to use CP erroneously, the Church as decreed these conditions cannot be satisfied, and thus CP cannot be considered permisable any more. The core moral teachings did not change, only our knowledge of our inadequate ability to satisfy them has.
That's the problem, the teachings on sexuality aren't merely tradition.
Fine develop than, if that makes more sense.
It doesn't because what you're asking for isn't a development, it's a change. You're asking the Church to declare its moral teachings that it has espoused in its entirety, morals based in scripture, to be changed. Not developed.
