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- W1486253755 abstract "Introduction Anyone who believes that clerical scandals are unique to recent decades need look no further than Saint Augustine‟s late-fourth and early-fifth century sermons and letters to refute that opinion. Although the precise details of clerical misconduct incidents vary depending upon historical and cultural contexts, the basic, underlying issues and impact upon the community do not. This article assesses and analyzes Augustine‟s public commentary on the topic of clerical scandal as recorded in Sermons 355 and 356. I argue that the principles guiding this discourse at the end of Augustine‟s life are the very same principles that defined his pastoral vocation as a young priest very recently and quite reluctantly ordained, 1 and as the founder of multiple monastic communities. Specifically, I contend that concern for promoting charity and the common good are the two primary principles at work in Augustine‟s public handling of an incident of clerical misconduct involving one of his priests. First, the notion of the common good, or the salvation of the many, is epitomized in a brief, urgent letter Augustine addressed to the bishop who ordained him in 391. There, Augustine asks Valerius, “But how am I to exercise this ministry for the salvation of others, not seeking what is beneficial for me, but for the many, that they may be saved (1 Cor. 10:33)?” 2 Second, the primacy of charity is a theme woven throughout Augustine‟s sermons and writings, and is the basis of both his monastic rule and his approach to Church discipline. Without grasping how Augustine understood voluntary poverty as an expression of fraternal charity and Christ-like humility, and hypocrisy as a serious deficiency of those virtues, it" @default.
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- W1486253755 title "Clerical Misconduct, Charity, and the Common Good: Saint Augustine's Sermons 355 & 356" @default.
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