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29 Cards in this Set
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Conscience and Moral Decisions
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"The judgment whereby the human person recognizes the moral quality of a concrete act that he is going to perform, is performing" or has already completed.
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Conscience
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-Helps us to determine good and evil
-Calls us to responsibility -Calls us to repent |
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Sources of Morality
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Object=What we do
(some objects are always evil-ie murder/adultery) Intention=Our motive Circumstances=context and consequences All 3 must be good |
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Forming conscience
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-God given ability to think and discover God's truth
-Listen to Jesus who teaches us how to be loving and virtuous -Look to the cross as the perfect example of love and obedience |
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Follow your conscience
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CCC1800:
A human being must always obey the certain judgment of his conscience. We can make mistakes in our decisions because we are human. Ignorance and lack of communication can contribute to an erroneous conscience. Form a good conscience by staying close to Jesus |
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Capital Sins
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Pride
Envy Anger Sloth Greed Gluttony Lust |
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Theological Virtues
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Faith=believe in God and Revelation;
Christians must profess and act on our faith Hope=Trust in God and the Promise of Eternal life; Beatitudes inspire hope Charity=Love God above all and neighbor as self |
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Object
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Most important element of act because it determines "whether it is capable of being ordered to the good and to the ultimate end, which is God."
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Intention
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Motive or purpose of acting;
rooted in will; tells us why we did something; can make a good or natural act bad; Good intention cannot make an evil action into a good action-the end does not justify the means |
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Circumstances
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Can increase or decrease the evil or goodness
ie-stealing from poor is more evil than stealing from rich |
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Golden Rule
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Do unto others whatever you would have them do to you.
-Matthew 7:12 |
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Christian Morality
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A life in Christ through responsible living that flows from our dignity as God's adopted children, made in His image, and from Christ's command to love.
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Eternal Law
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the source of God in all law
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Aquinas-Moral Law
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a reasonable regulation issued by proper authority for the common good
All law comes from God's Providence (His power, wisdom and goodness) |
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Natural Law
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God's plan for humanity written in the very way He created things
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Precepts of Natural Law
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unchanging, permanent
universal Civil law flows from Natural Law |
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Revealed Old Law
Revealed New Law |
The Ten Commandments
Jesus Christ's Law of Love; written in the human heart |
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Golden Rule summarizes the New Law
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New Law has special virtues:
-the evangelical counsels: Poverty Chastity and Obedience help us to love more fully |
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Precepts of the Church
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1. Mass on Sundays and Holy Days of Obligation
2. Eucharist received during Easter Season 3. Confession once a year 4. Fasting and abstinence 5. Provide for material needs of the Church |
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Justification
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-Holy Spirit's grace freeing us from sin and sanctifying you in the depth of our being (Baptism)
-God's mercy -Unites us to Jesus' passion -Brought about by Jesus' death on the cross -Gives us access to God's graces |
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Grace
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A share in the divine nature;
A gift that must be freely accepted |
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Sanctifying Grace
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Makes us holy; received in Baptism
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Habitual Grace
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Permanent disposition to live God's will
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Actual Grace
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God's help to turn from sin or God's help for us to act as Jesus Christ
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Sacramental Grace
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Specific to each sacrament
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Charism
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Speciail gift of the Holy Spirit to build up the Church
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Graces of State
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for ministers in the Church
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Merit
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Something we are owed because of our good deeds
God owes us nothing, but lets us share in the work of His grace |
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We become holy by the Holy Spirit through Jesus Christ by...
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-self sacrificing
-loving and imitating Jesus -picking up our cross and following Jesus -works of self denial and penance |
