#589: TOB 25: The 'Interior Act' of Desire

On Matthew 25:27-27

Christ expands the prohibition on adultery by saying that “whoever looks at a woman to desire her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.” For both Calvin and Aquinas, the content of the 10 Commandments are disclosures and clarifications of the “natural law.” They identify the ways in which humanity not only goes awry in some vague sense, …