Prudential Faith
One of the things interesting in the Pope's final days and in his last will and testament, released today, is how he personally struggled with the tension between the virtue of prudence and faith. That seems a tough line to decipher - am I presuming upon God or am I simply allowing his will be done? The Pope had to discern God's will and trust that he would not become mentally incapicated, lapse into a coma for a long period, or in some other way fail to function as pope without a successor. Perhaps contingencies were made, but when and if he had to resign was on his mind. It'll surely continue to be a thorny issue for popes as we go forward, in part due to modern medicine making deaths and declines more lengthy than in the past.
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