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"The problems begin with the human tendency to treat morality as a kind of legal system. This approach mistakenly identifies the rigorous application of rules with "justice" and circumstantial adaptation of "mercy." Those who prefer "mercy" often label their opponents "Pharisees." But they fail to recognize that, by contrasting justice and mercy, they expose their own pharisaical mindset. The correct assessment of a "second union" -or any moral situation- requires an understanding of morality based on Christ and the righteousness of God, not on approaches designed to favor allegedly just or merciful applications of legal precepts."
Continued below.
https://www.thecatholicthing.org/2017/08/23/the-newer-phariseeism/
Continued below.
https://www.thecatholicthing.org/2017/08/23/the-newer-phariseeism/