You know, Jaynek, your major argument against my example of striking a religious has been your assertion that it's always been permitted for religious to beat other religious. I for one have never heard a single example of that having taken place in an organized way in Catholic religious institutions. [Obviously there were likely cases when someone lost his temper, etc.] Certainly, superiors could impose penances that involved corporal mortifications, which the subject then administered to himself, but I have never heard of a religious superior beating a subordinate. There's a marked difference between directly administering a punishment and commanding that there be a punishment. When one directly lays violent hands on a person, that action is degrading to the person and therefore inconsistent with the honor husbands are required to have for their wives. If I were to direct that my wife fast for a day in reparation for some sin she had committed, that would not violate honor, whereas directly beating her always does. It's degrading. It's humiliating. It's inconsistent with honoring her as your wife and the mother of your children.
I guess, Jaynek, you have a different moral compass, but I always apologize to my wife if I speak disrespectfully to her and then confess it as a sin. And on a few occasions when I have spoken disrespectfully to her in front of our children, I have begged her to forgive me and considered it a mortal sin, a grave violation of her honor and the respect due to her. I did not dare present myself for Holy Communion until I had first confessed my sin and received her forgiveness.
Topic: Proper Punishment for a Disobedient Wife (Read 182534 times)