So here’s a question for canon lawyers: could +Dolan have written Cuomo and ordered him not to sign the abortion bill under pain of excommunication and then followed through if Cuomo signed it?
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Replying to @padrebrendon
As someone who’s been confirmed for 3 months now, let me take a stab at this... Coercing someone with excommunication would likely be an abuse of power, as obedience must be a choice. However, stating the consequences of the support of abortion in this case may be different.
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Under coercion, a man may choose not to do bad but the choice is meaningless. Likewise, if he chooses to do good to avoid a punishment rather than out of obedience, the choice is meaningless. Coercion leads to lukewarm believers. That said, coercion to protect millions...
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Replying to @MatthewJRoth @padrebrendon
But does this approach cultivate righteous hearts or just people who obey for fear of punishment? What I mean is, are they obeying God or obeying their fear? “Don’t you dare do it or else” versus “If you do this you are choosing excommunication” are enormously different.
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Authoritarian versus authoritative is what I mean. The bishop has every right to use discipline. But threats specifically are the crux of the question here. Is threatening acceptable?
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