It is not necessary or wise to seek mathematical or metaphysical certainty for everything. Aristotle says that an educated man looks for precision appropriate for each given question. Glenn explains:
I am not clear on this matter, that is, in order to privately judge that someone is a manifest formal heretic (committed the sin of heresy in a public manner), do I need certitudo moralis stricta or is certitudo moralis lata sufficient?
I am not clear on this matter, that is, in order to privately judge that someone is a manifest formal heretic (committed the sin of heresy in a public manner), do I need certitudo moralis stricta or is certitudo moralis lata sufficient?