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74 Cards in this Set
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A natural or contracted association if the individual persons who collaborate in common works and objectives
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Society
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The art of governing and conserving order and ethically correct customs
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Politics
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To have a great esteem for
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Agape
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A group of persons united by binds of kinship
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Family
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To enjoy and enrich oneself by taking in beauty for its own sake; celebrating the world
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Leisure
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Command given by a superior
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Mandate
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The political body of a nation; director of the common good
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State
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An early Christian work with an unknown author summarizing morality (life, death, liturgical practice, and disciplinary norms)
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Didache
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The characteristic of government and those who represent it by which they are able to dictate laws or obliged to the fulfillment of them
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Civil authority
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The memorial of the death and resurrection of the Lord in which the sacrifice of the cross is renewed and the people of God are united
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Mass/Eucharist
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Feast days of such importance that participation in mass is required
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Holy Days of Obligation
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A definite community of Catholics within a diocese, established by the bishop and entrusted to the care of a pastor
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Parish
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The 7th day of the Jewish week, set aside for rest and the worship of God. For Christians, Sunday fulfills the Sabbath requirement in commemoration of Christ's Resurrection
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Sabbath
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A division of the Catholic Church, usually comprised of all the Catholics living within a particular geographic area
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Diocese
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To actively exert oneself (mentally or physically) by operating upon a part of creation in order to do or make something.
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Work
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Procuring the expulsion or destruction of a child at any time after conception and prior to birth
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Abortion
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Any action or omission of an action that assists another person in bringing about his or her own death
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Assisted Suicide
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The belief that one is entirely independent and is responsible only to himself for his actions and the direction of his life
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Autonomy
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The science that studies the morality of the problems related to life, from conception until death
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Bioethics
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The technique of producing a genetically identical duplicate of an organism
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Cloning
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An action or omission of an action that, by itself or by intention, causes a person's death in order to eliminate suffering
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Euthenasia
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The application of biological laws of heredity with the goal of perfecting the man species
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Euogenisis
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Exclusion of a baptized person from participation in the ritual and sacreamental life of the church
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Excommunication
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Treatments that exceed the common degree of medical treatment. Extraordinary means are never required to prolong ones life
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Extraordinary means
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The intentional killing of an innocent person
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Murder
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The belief that one is entirely dependent on others for happiness and meaning in his life
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Heteronomy
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The principle that war may be legitimately waged, under certain specific conditions, for the protection of a nations rights
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Just war
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The disfigurement of the human body
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Mutilation
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An attitude or behavior that leads another to do evil
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Scandal
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The destruction of human procreative powers
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Sterilization
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To voluntarily take one's life
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Suicide
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The belief that one depends upon God for the meaning, direction, and purpose of his life
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Theonomy
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A carnal act between a married person and someone to whom he or she is not married.
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Adultery
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The virtue that consists in moderating the sexual appetite according to one's state in life
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Chastity
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Cohabitation, or "living together," between unmarked persons, often called "trial marriage"
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Concubinage
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Abstaining from any type of sexual act, as well as from those activities that excite the passions and incline a person to the sexual act.
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Continence
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The finding of an ecclesiastical court a valid marriage never existed from beginning
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Declaration of Nullity
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The authority given to a civil magistrate to separate spouses joined in civil matrimony
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Divorce
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Exaggeration of the passion for sex and sexual pleasure.
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Eroticism
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The philosophy that considers pleasure as the supreme end of life.
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Hedonism
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A quality of matrimony that marital union can be broken only by the death of one of the spouses.
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Indissolubility
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An inordinate desire for sexual pleasure
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Lust
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The deliberate stimulation of the genital organs in order to derive sexual pleasure
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Masturbation
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The bond between a man and a woman joined in a conjugal union for life
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Matrimony
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The virtue that regulates dress, conversation, and conduct in relation to the individual and society according to faith and right reason
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Modesty
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A man who is married to two or more wives
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Polygamy
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Any written, visual, or audible material that excites the sexual appetite
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Pornography
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The group of anatomical and physiological conditions that characterize many organic beings, and through which they are either male or female.
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Sexuality
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Spiritual sloth or indifference that can extend as far as the refusal of the joy that God gives
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Acedia
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worship in which we acknowledge and respond to the revelation of the glory and power of God
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Adoration
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The total repudiation of the Christian faith
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Apostasy
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The refusal to accept God's existence
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Atheism
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the theological virtue by which we love God above all things
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Charity
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The loss of trust in God because of doubt in his fidelity or interest in each person
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Despair
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the prediction of the future or revelation of the unknown through so-called paranormal means
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divination
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the theological virtue by which we believe in all that God has said and revealed to us that the church proposes for our belief
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Faith
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the sin of opposing the love of God, denying his goodness, and cursing him as the one who forbids sin and inflicts punishment
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Hatred of God
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the obstinate denial by a baptized person of some truth that must be believed with divine faith
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Heresy
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The theological virtue by which we desire the kingdom of heaven and eternal life
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Hope
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The religious worship of imaginary gods
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idoltry
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the refusal to acknowledge divine charity or return God's love
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ingratitude
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the refusal to reflect in the prior goodness and power of the divine charity
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indifference
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The sin against faith that hesitates in believing or overcoming difficulties
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involuntary doubt
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the desire to know and control the occult forces that supposedly influence human life
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magic
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the sin by which one expects salvation without personal effort, or when he trusts solely in his efforts without God's aid
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Presumption
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the virtue that enables us to render God the worship, honor, devotion, and service he deserves
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religion
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profaining the sacraments or other liturgical actions
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Sacrilege
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the refusal to submit to the pope or be united with the church subject to him
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schism
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the buying or selling of spiritual powers or gifts
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simony
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beliefs or practices that render false worship to God
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Superstition
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the sin against faith that disreguards or refuses to hold what God has revealed as true
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Voluntary doubt
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the response of a person that acknowledges the greatness of God
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Worship
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the part of theology that makes use of practical judgements to direct human acts towards their supernatural end - God- under the guidance of revelation
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Moral theology
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the quality derived from the essence of the marital contract itself that demands that marriage be carried out between one man and one woman.
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unity
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