Name: 為什麼 "翻臉 "從根本上被誤解 | 羅伯特-巴倫主教 (Why ‘turning the other cheek’ is fundamentally misunderstood | Bishop Robert Barron)
Uploaded: 2022-11-01T18:26:07.000Z
Duration: 5 min 21 s

情態副詞

- 我認為今天有一個問題，實際上。

is that there's a hyper-stress on justice.

Now, in saying that, I'm not saying one negative thing

現在，在說這句話的時候，我沒有說一件負面的事情

Justice means: "to render to each his due."

正義的意思是。"使每個人都得到他應得的"。

Justice is one of the 'Four Cardinal Virtues,'

so it's one of the building blocks of 'The Good Life.'

所以它是 "美好生活 "的組成部分之一。

But, if justice is not tempered by something like mercy

但是，如果正義沒有被類似於憐憫的東西所調和，那麼

or forgiveness or nonviolence, here's the danger:

或寬恕或非暴力，這裡有一個危險。

"You've all got a right to seek retribution

Hegel, the German philosopher, famously said that

德國哲學家黑格爾有句名言，他說

You look at history, it's the constant story

你看一下歷史，這是一個不變的故事

of warfare, and one group against another,

的戰爭，以及一個群體對另一個群體。

Well, if I look back at all of that awful history and say,

好吧，如果我回顧所有這些可怕的歷史並說。

"Well, okay, now I've got this big sword in my hand

"好吧，好吧，現在我手裡拿著這把大劍了

I'm not sure that's gonna get us someplace good.

我不確定這是否會讓我們有好的發展。

I'm Bishop Robert Barron, one of the auxiliary bishops

我是羅伯特-巴倫主教，輔助主教之一

I'm also founder of Word on Fire Catholic Ministries.

我也是Word on Fire Catholic Ministries的創始人。

I think Jesus' great public teaching is the teaching

about turning the other cheek, and the love of enemies.

關於轉過來的臉頰，以及對敵人的愛。

But I also think it's a very misunderstood teaching.

但我也認為這是一個非常被誤解的教導。

'If someone strikes you on the right cheek,

That can sound like simple passivity in the presence of evil

這聽起來可能是在邪惡面前的簡單被動。

Notice, please, he doesn't say, "Oh, run away, give in."

請注意，他沒有說，"哦，逃跑吧，屈服吧"。

Nor does he say, "Well, haul off and punch him back."

他也沒有說："好吧，拖走，把他打回去。"

In other words, stand your ground and signal back to him

換句話說，站在你的立場上，向他發回信號

that you refuse to cooperate with the world he's living in.

you're saying, "I'm not gonna let you strike me

So, it's meant to be a bold and courageous

是以，這意味著是一個大膽和勇敢的

That line I've always loved from Gandhi, you know,

我一直很喜歡甘地的這句話，你知道嗎？

"An eye for an eye, yes, making the whole world blind."

"以眼還眼，是的，讓整個世界都看不見。"

That's what happens when you meet injustice with injustice,

這就是當你以不公正對待不公正時的情況。

But if you meet it in the way Jesus is recommending,

但如果你以耶穌所建議的方式來迎接它。

you act as a kind of mirror to the violent person,

so as to bring about, ultimately, conversion.

It's trying to put a wrench in the works of evil.

它試圖在邪惡的作品中設置一個扳手。

How do you take a wrench and put it in the works

你如何拿著一把扳手，把它放在工程中？

of wickedness, but never in a way that destroys

的邪惡，但絕不是以破壞的方式

That's what people like Martin Luther King saw very clearly.

這就是像馬丁-路德-金這樣的人非常清楚地看到的。

一個有正義感的人，是肯定的。

You know, the arc of the moral universe is long,

你知道，道德宇宙的弧線是漫長的。

但是，我也要說，感謝上帝，國王

who knew the relevant chapters in Matthew's gospel

that talk about nonviolence and forgiveness

Well, King took that teaching deeply within,

好吧，金把這個教導深深地記在心裡。

and I think that's what gave him extraordinary power.

而我認為這正是給他帶來非凡力量的原因。

with a concern for nonviolence and forgiveness.

So love is not a feeling, love's an act of the will.

是以，愛不是一種感覺，愛是一種意志的行為。

To love, Aquinas says, "Is to will the good of the other."

阿奎那說，愛，"就是要為對方的利益著想"。

If I wake up and say, "Okay, the project today

如果我一醒來就說："好吧，今天的項目

From that perspective, the divine forgiveness

What does your life look like when you get that?

當你得到這些時，你的生活會是什麼樣子？

不僅僅是智力上的，而是你得到了它

And so, savoring justice as a beautiful virtue,

是以，品味正義是一種美麗的美德。

I want to make sure I temper it with mercy

and with forgiveness, which don't undermine justice,

並以寬恕的態度，這並不破壞正義。