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Ethics - Intro
Transition to Christian Ethics
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| morality | Knowledge based on human experience, reason, and God's revelation that discovers what we ought to be and what we ought to do to live fully human lives |
| gifts of the Holy Spirit | God-given abilities that help us live a Christian life with God's help; wisdom, understanding, knowledge, counsel (right judgment), fortitude, piety (reverence), and fear of the Lord (wonder and awe) |
| fruits of the Holy Spirit | Described as the firstfruits of eternal glory: charity, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, generosity, gentleness, faithfulness, modesty, self-control, and chastity |
| Magisterium | The official teaching authority of the Church; the Lord bestowed the right and power to teach in his name on Peter and the apostles and their successors (i.e. pope and college of bishops) |
| virtues | Firm attitudes, stable dispositions, habitual perfections of intellect and will that govern our actions, order our passions, and guide our conduct according to reason and faith |
| theological virtues | Three important virtues bestowed on us at baptism that relate us to God: faith (belief in & personal knowledge of God), hope (trust in God's salvation & his bestowal of graces needed to attain it), and charity (love of God & love of neighbor as oneself) |
| cardinal virtues | four hinge virtues that support moral living: prudence (responsible decision-making), fortitude (courage to persist in living Christian life), temperance (moderation in controlling desires for pleasure), justice (giving God and others their due by right) |
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