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56 T he Four Pas/orlll Function! of Pride hath whelped, bllt of these. thinl: and gi,'c heed ,'cry greatly, for I do but go over them lightly, ~nd but n3me thern. n In art, through homilies, and by various teaching devices. the capital or cardinal sins were embedded in the undentanding of western man for well over a thousand year s, and they pro"ided him with a way by which he could discuss h imself in his relationsh ip to others and to Cod in a single unified system. An!' perSOn could begin with his own besetting sin, and, by tracing its intcHcla tionship to other sins, he would finally find himself at the core question of life-namely, his relation to God. The system of capital sins :1110\\"00 one to speak of man's condition coram deo while at the same time describing minutely a man's troubles in relation-to himself and to othcrs. Since the Reforma tion, and more pcr .. a s i~·cl ! · since the Enlightenment, ho ..... tver, men and women ha\'e incTcasingly viewed personal problems and decisions in ways whieh do not reAeet or derive from traditional Christian notions of life and action. Increasingly the proximate concerns of prudence rath~r than the ult imate
The Four PastorClI Funct ions On the one ham!, leconciliation takes place through forgiveness, which can be 3 proclamation, or an announcement, or even a very simple gcstme indicating that, in spite of the walls of pride and hurt which separate and alienate men. somet hing has occurred to re-establish and reunite persom to each other and, indeed, to God. Confession and repentance m a~ be considered ne
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