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> Dear Pat:
> Possibly incidental, but supportively useful, I hope:In his highly
> contentious SCIO TE IPSUM, the ever more contentious Abelard ( Bk.
> II, I
> think) lashes out specifically against not only the timing, but the
> authority and authenticity of death-bed confession/ conversions.
> Uttered,
> he suspected, out of fear for the consequences rather than love of
> God, or
> a true metanoia. In a pitiable gesture of theological/bartering,these
> statements were useless formulae, he suggests, and would 'negotiate"
> nothing. Their peculiar authoritative weight seemed to genuinely
> puzzle him.
> Regards:
> Josef Gulka
That is very interesting, Josef, and once again demonstrates the
independence of Abelard's mind.
Oriens.
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