The Gentle Intervention: Frontline Church Discipline

By Mike Aquilina ( bio - articles - email ) | Nov 09, 2022 | In Way of the Fathers (Podcast)

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Many ideas that seem peculiarly modern actually have deep Christian roots. This is true of much of the terminology of addiction and recovery. Today we look for the roots of “intervention” in what the Gospel and the works of the Fathers say about fraternal correction—and find applications for ordinarily life, even beyond the orbit of addiction.

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Joseph Carola, S.J., Augustine of Hippo: The Role of the Laity in Ecclesial Reconciliation https://www.amazon.com/Augustine-Hippo-Ecclesial-Reconciliation-Gregoriana/dp/8878390232/

“Fraternal Correction,” Catholic Encyclopedia https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04394a.htm

Mike Aquilina’s website https://fathersofthechurch.com

Mike Aquilina’s books https://catholicbooksdirect.com/writer/mike-aquilina/

Theme music: Gaudeamus (Introit for the Feast of All Saints), sung by Jeff Ostrowski. Courtesy of Corpus Christi Watershed http://www.ccwatershed.org