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Saint Augustine taught that it was never permissible to tell a lie, even to avoid a greater evil such as rape or murder. A dilemma that he subsequently faced was that he wanted to lie in order to further the Catholic Church's interests, and so had to develop a line of theological reasoning that avoided negating his teaching, while allowing him the freedom to further the Catholic Church's interests.
Whether the Catholic Church was justified in using coercion was another question that deeply concerned Augustine. In an early,undated letter to a Donatist churchman he wrote: “I do not intend that anyone should be forced into the Catholic communion against his will. On the contrary it is my aim that the truth may be revealed to all who are in error and that . . . with the help of God, it may be made manifest so as to induce all to follow and embrace it of their own accord.” Augustine eventually reversed his position and decided to endorse coercion, saying in a letter to the Donatist bishop Parminian that the emperors and political authorities had the God-given right and duty to crush the sacrilege and schism of the Donatists, since they were as obligated to repress a false and evil religion as to prevent the crime of pagan idolatry. He was always able to resolve dilemmas like this by explaining them as special cases.
Similar, but more practical dilemmas for modern Christians may relate to marriage ans sexual practice. A Christian may be ideologically opposed to abortion, but then placed in the position where an abortion becomes a virtual necessity. The dilemma is whether to proceed with an abortion or hold firm to one's previous beliefs, in the face of grave danger to the mother or in spite of financial ruin. A Catholic may face the dilemma of whether to follow Catholic teaching to the letter or use Birth Control.
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