Ribald Classic: Little Sins For The Greater Good
March, 1982
It is a false principle that tells us not to commit a little sin in order to accomplish a great good, as Saint Augustine relates in his tale of an adventure during the consulate of Septimus Acindynus.At Hippo, there was a parish priest who dabbled in fortunetelling; and one day there came to him a beautiful young woman called Cosi-Sancta. She had been brought up in the strictest virtue. Now she was betrothed to a prominent lawyer, a little, dried-up man named Capito. He was peevish and pursy and...
