Everything about Scrupulosity totally explained
Scrupulosity is obsessive concern with one's personal
sins, including "sinful" acts or thoughts usually considered minor or trivial within their religious tradition. The term is derived from the Latin
scrupulus, a sharp stone, implying a stabbing pain on the
conscience.
In modern times, scrupulosity is often considered to be a religious expression of
obsessive-compulsive disorder, or the unrelated
obsessive-compulsive personality disorder. The scrupulous person lacks a balanced religious outlook, veering to the extreme. Often the person has a morbid feeling that they're rejected by
God and doomed to
damnation despite rigid adherence to rituals or rules of conduct. The over-scrupulous person may refuse to acknowledge the verdict of otherwise accepted religious authorities that he or she's being excessively concerned with moot religious points.
In Catholicism, scrupulosity in itself isn't considered to be sinful; some well-known saints, including
Saint Thomas Aquinas,
Ignatius Loyola, and
Alphonsus Liguori struggled with scrupulosity. Some Catholic scholars have speculated that
Martin Luther, whose ideas and writings helped give rise to the
Protestant Reformation, suffered from scrupulosity and broke with the Catholic Church because he couldn't accept Catholic assurances of
grace in the face of his feelings of sinfulness.
Protestants are likely to disagree that scrupulosity was the basis for Luther's actions, but some agree that he suffered from scrupulosity. Some Protestants also find traces of scrupulosity in the writings of the 17th century
Puritan pastor and author
John Bunyan.
In overcoming scrupulosity, medical treatment for OCD may be used alongside religious counseling, wherein a member of the
clergy will counsel the subject to focus on positive, objective messages of religious faith rather than subjective feelings of sinfulness and objection; he or she may also advise the person to avoid typical scrupulous behaviors, which can include repeating past
confessions or constant bathing.
Further Information
Get more info on 'Scrupulosity'.
|
External Link Exchanges
Do you know how hard it is to get a link from a large encyclopaedia? Well we're different and will prove it. To get a link from us just add the following HTML to your site on a relevant page:
<a href="http://scrupulosity.totallyexplained.com">Scrupulosity Totally Explained</a>
Then simply click through this link from your web page. Our crawlers will verify your link, extract the title of your web page and instantly add a link back to it. If you like you can remove the words Totally Explained and embed the link in article text.
As long as your link remains in place, we'll keep our link to you right here. Please play fair - our crawlers are watching. Your site must be closely related to this one's topic. Any kind of spamming, dubious practises or removing the link will result in your link from us being dropped and, potentially, your whole site being banned. |
