What is reviling? From antiquity, there is a concept for calling people out by name and correcting them in front of others. It's called reviling, and while it may seem obvious that words can injure, it's not clear when reviling is a sin or not. In the thirteenth century, St. Thomas Aquinas clarified theological and moral questions in his Summa Theologiæ (Summary of Theology). He pieced together teaching from ancient Greece, particularly Aristotle, the early Church Fathers, and what the Church understood about theology in the Middle Ages. As a wife, mother, and Catholic, I find these explanations helpful today...
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