Yesterday, I spoke about casuistry in relation to Mark 7:10-13. The word, casuistry, is derived
from the Latin word casus, which means “event” or “case.” The benign definition of casuistry is
that it is a discipline within ethics which deals with ambiguous issues of right
and wrong. The most common use of
the word today is more sinister: it is described as sophistical reasoning used
in matters of ethics.
Sophism (from the Greek word Σοφία = “wisdom”) comes from
the ancient Greek Sophists who developed elaborate philosophical and rhetorical
arguments to teach excellence and virtue to young men. The catch was that they charged for
their teachings.
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