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One Foot in the Cloister

by a Monk on the Mission

Tag: unintended consequences

The Motu Proprio & the Law of Unintended Consequences

17 July 202119 July 2021 — Posted inChurch life, Liturgy — 11 min read

FOR THOSE STRUGGLING to remember it, the Law of Unintended Consequences is a sociological maxim, with origins in the thought of John Locke, which holds that a positive, deliberate act of one kind or another may result in unintended or unforeseen outcomes. These outcomes […]

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Sydney-born monk and priest of Douai Abbey in Berkshire (England), serving on the monastery parish at Scarisbrick in Lancashire.

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