For example, many people treat the possibility of rehabilitation behind prison walls with the same skeptical indifference that even devout Catholics now bestow upon purgatory: We can't even fathom how moral change happens, if at all, in either place, so we leave its remote possibility up to God. (firstthings.com)
History has not been kind on attempts to enforce moral change via law rather than the gospel, such as Oliver Cromwell's puritanical society. (premierchristianity.com)
Thomas Aquinas's careful distinctions can help clarify the precise nature of recent moral changes. (firstthings.com)