Yet, allowing ourselves to draw close to near occasions of sin can already be a sin.įirst, remember St. We can easily fool ourselves that “We’re adults” and we can handle things. You won’t go wrong by leaning toward the side of caution. So, you would need to decide what is and isn’t morally convenient for you to read. Treatment of delicate themes can vary over a wide spectrum, and each reader would need to discern what would constitute for him a temptation to grave sin. However, novels that deal with these topics in graphic ways could probably be occasions of grave sin for readers and thus best avoided. The 1920s novel The Great Gatsby is an example. Some novels might simply refer to the occurrences, without graphic details. In modern novels there are various ways these particular topics are dealt with. – L.F.Ī: The answer depends on a lot of factors.įor instance, there are reports of adultery and fornication in the Bible, but we aren’t dissuaded from reading Scripture. Q: Is a Catholic allowed to read novels that contain themes of adultery and fornication, etc.? These are not major themes, but some characters might have practiced or committed one of the acts, and the author has not taken the sin seriously.
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