Why are There Prohibitions Against Covetousness?
Jun 7th, 2010 | By Tim A. Troutman | Category: Blog PostsCatholics, following St. Augustine, differentiate between coveting a neighbor’s wife and between coveting a neighbor’s goods. Protestants follow Judaism and Origen in combining both types of covetousness into the tenth commandment, “Thou shalt not covet.” Now the species of a sin is defined by its object (Summa 2a.72.1) just as an action takes its species […]