Comments on: Suspicion, Sin, and Marriage http://www.cornellsociety.org/2007/02/suspicion-sin-and-marriage/ Unity in charity, diversity in truth Wed, 19 Nov 2008 23:45:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: mater marci http://www.cornellsociety.org/2007/02/suspicion-sin-and-marriage/#comment-3747 mater marci Tue, 20 Feb 2007 07:16:00 +0000 http://www.cornellsociety.org/2007/02/suspicion-sin-and-marriage/#comment-3747 Trebics,<BR/><BR/>Is this Medea with regards to Jason in Ovid? How appropos! Trebics,

Is this Medea with regards to Jason in Ovid? How appropos!

]]> By: Nathan Smith http://www.cornellsociety.org/2007/02/suspicion-sin-and-marriage/#comment-3748 Nathan Smith Fri, 16 Feb 2007 02:38:00 +0000 http://www.cornellsociety.org/2007/02/suspicion-sin-and-marriage/#comment-3748 Chesterton's romanticism betrays him a bit here. "The man who made a vow, however wild, gave a healthy and natural expression to the greatness of a great moment. He vowed, for example, to chain two mountains together, perhaps a symbol of some great relief of love, or aspiration. Short as the moment of his resolve might be, it was, like all great moments, a moment of immortality..." Perhaps, but for us then to compel him to carry it out would be cruel.<BR/><BR/>Divorce is a terrible thing. It should not happen. I sympathize with the Church in its zeal to protect the institution of marriage. But can there really be no escape for those who become the victims of their own rash vows? Chesterton’s romanticism betrays him a bit here. “The man who made a vow, however wild, gave a healthy and natural expression to the greatness of a great moment. He vowed, for example, to chain two mountains together, perhaps a symbol of some great relief of love, or aspiration. Short as the moment of his resolve might be, it was, like all great moments, a moment of immortality…” Perhaps, but for us then to compel him to carry it out would be cruel.

Divorce is a terrible thing. It should not happen. I sympathize with the Church in its zeal to protect the institution of marriage. But can there really be no escape for those who become the victims of their own rash vows?

]]> By: Tobias Petrus http://www.cornellsociety.org/2007/02/suspicion-sin-and-marriage/#comment-3749 Tobias Petrus Thu, 15 Feb 2007 20:36:00 +0000 http://www.cornellsociety.org/2007/02/suspicion-sin-and-marriage/#comment-3749 "meliore" -- do you mean "meliora"? “meliore” — do you mean “meliora”?

]]> By: Trebics http://www.cornellsociety.org/2007/02/suspicion-sin-and-marriage/#comment-3750 Trebics Thu, 15 Feb 2007 19:28:00 +0000 http://www.cornellsociety.org/2007/02/suspicion-sin-and-marriage/#comment-3750 Video meliore, proboque; deteriora sequor...<BR/><BR/>Not Horace, but to the point.<BR/><BR/>Trebics Video meliore, proboque; deteriora sequor…

Not Horace, but to the point.

Trebics

]]> By: Tobias Petrus http://www.cornellsociety.org/2007/02/suspicion-sin-and-marriage/#comment-3751 Tobias Petrus Wed, 14 Feb 2007 19:18:00 +0000 http://www.cornellsociety.org/2007/02/suspicion-sin-and-marriage/#comment-3751 "exegi monumentum aere perennius"<BR/><BR/>Ah, for the days when a popular author could casually quote Horace! And not just "carpe diem" in "Dead Poets Society" . . . “exegi monumentum aere perennius”

Ah, for the days when a popular author could casually quote Horace! And not just “carpe diem” in “Dead Poets Society” . . .

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