Scrupulosity
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Scrupulosity, also known as religious obsessive–compulsive disorder or scrupulous–compulsive disorder, is a mental disorder defined by intrusive thoughts about moral or religious ideas, pathological f
Those with scrupulosity struggle with intense feelings of guilt, sometimes leading to excessive participation in religious rites such as confession. (The Confession by Giuseppe Molteni, 1838)
The meaning of scrupulosity in its modern sense can be partially traced back to the jargon of medieval apothecaries.
Many people with scrupulosity experience obsessions about being condemned to hell.
Excessive praying is a common compulsion performed by those with scrupulosity.
Alphonsus Liguori
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Alphonsus Maria de Liguori was an Italian Catholic bishop and saint, as well as a spiritual writer, composer, musician, artist, poet, lawyer, scholastic philosopher, and theologian. He founded the Con
Scrupulosity
…fear, that what they do, is so defective and unfit to be presented unto God, that He will not accept it". During this same period, the Catholic bishop Alphonsus Liguori is also thought to have had scrupulosity. Today, Scrupulous Anonymous, a Redemptorist newsletter ministering to those with scrupulosity, is published…
Liguori
In devotional art, Liguori is often depicted bent over due to rheumatism.
San Alfonso María de Ligorio, at the Basilica in Pagani, Italy
Town square of Pagani, Campania