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Law of graduality
In Catholic moral theology, the law of graduality, the law of gradualness or gradualism, is the notion that people improve their relationship with God and grow in the virtues gradually, and do not jump to perfection in a single step.〔〔〔 In terms of pastoral care, it suggests that "it is often better to encourage the positive elements in someone's life rather than to chastise their flaws".〔〔 It is "as old as Christianity itself",〔 being referred to in several New Testament passages.〔
It is distinct from "gradualness of the law",〔 an idea that would tend to diminish the demands of the law.〔 It does not mean "that we compromise on the content of the law" but that we recognize our failings and strive to correspond to its demands over time.〔
==Gradations of evil==
The law of graduality recognizes that the lives and relationships of people with morally unacceptable lifestyles may have some elements of good, even of great good, such as sacrificial love and consistent respect. It recognizes that virtues are not all-or-nothing propositions, and that elements of good may be found even in the context of morally unacceptable situations.〔
Gradualism recognizes elements of good in what on the whole is blameworthy, so as to encourage steps towards greater perfection, instead of simply chastising people for their mistakes.〔 In this sense, gradualism is recognition that even in matters of grave evil there can be gradations of objective depravity, although the grave evil does not cease to be a grave evil.〔
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