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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 1. What is the purpose of life? | To live in such a way as to enjoy eternal life wit |
| . What is morality | refers to the standards by which we judge actions to be good or evil. |
| 2. Why is it important to be a moral person? | Because the moral law is established by god and shows us how to live |
| 3. Explain the difference between an objective morality(subjective) and moral relativism | Objective morality is universal and moral relativism is no universal it is detremed by cultural factors and personal preference. |
| 4. Why do so many people associate morality with sexual and marriage issues | They are reminded of “the thou shall nots” of human relationships. As though moral law represents a severe hardshiup on human freedom. |
| 5. Name several social and political issues today that pertain to the moral law. | War health care economies proverty discrimination criminal justice |
| 6. What is Christian Morality? | Moral norms to be followed because a Christian is incorporated into Christ through Baptism. |
| 7. Why is the view that Christianity is “a mere set of rules” incorrect? | The commandments of the moral law which the church teaches are rooted in the great commandment to love god with all your heart soul and mind and your neighbor as yourself |
| 8. Explain how the Ten Commandments can be summed up in the great Commandments of love of God and love of Neighbor. | The great commandment of love brings context to the commandments and describes the interior spirit with which we are to embrace the mortal law. |
| 9. Why do moral laws and precepts exist? | They exist to guide people to a good life/holiness/prefection. Moral law helps us to different between good and evil. |
| 10. How do Christian ethics differ from secular ethics? | Christian ethics are authored by god and taught by the church. Secular ethics are invented by man and may be in error |
| 11. What are the origins and goals of Christian morality? | It’s god his eternal wisdom |
| 12. What does the word concupiscence mean? | Sensuality. Human lust for object, human or experience. the part of you that wants to sin |
| 13. How was the “Divine Law” revealed to mankind? | It revealed by god to moses on ten commandments and is fulfilled by and brought to perfection by chirst |
| 14. Why can human reason never be the last word in regards to morality? | Moral law is discovered through reason and expeirence. But general consensus or individual preference is not the ultimate jugde of good and evil We are broken. We justify everything |
| Explain the difference between sanctifying and actual grace. | Actual grace a temporary grace given by God for us to make difficult decisions. It a grace that’s given now it strengthens to resist temptation. Sanctifying grace is the grace that confers a new life on our souls. sanctifying grace is a perment presence o |
| 16. What is the vocation shared by all the baptized? | By virtue of the Sacrament of baptism, every Christian has a vocation to become completely centered in Christ. (christocentric) |
| 17. What is the proper response to God’s call? | Our response is to live our life by the example of Jesus Christ, his dispositions, actions, and teachings. |
| 18. Explain discipleship. | an individual who has adopted another person’s way of life and taken on his or her particular type of discipline. To be a disciple of Christ is to imitate Christ |
| 19. How do the Sacraments of Eucharist and Reconciliation help a moral life? | The Eucharist helps nourish sanctifying grace and reconciliation restores sanctifying grace to us. God forgives our sins and fills us with actual graces so that, if we cooperate with them, we will advance in virtuous living. |
| 20. List those things that set human beings apart from the rest of creation | our intellect and our will, freedom, . -Humans search for truth and are morally responsible for their actions. Humans can also fashion things that express and evaluate the human spirit made it image of god |
| 21. How does sin diminish freedom? | we can abuse it by making immortal choices sinning |
| 1. Explain how God is the origin and end of all good moral actions. | The origin of moral theology is Divine Revelation. The end of moral theology is attaining God in heaven through a life of holiness on earth |
| 2. What is the purpose of moral theology? | The purpose of moral theology is to lead the human person to a life of holiness and to eternal salvation with God in Heaven |
| 3. How can Catholics have assurance that the moral teachings of the Church are correct? | God guarantees that the teachings of the Church are correct. The Church’s moral teachings are revealed through Sacred Scripture and Sacred Tradition and communicated through the Magisterium. |
| 4. What often happens to societies that reject the moral law revealed by God? | They reach erroneous conclusions and end up creating cultures of death, hatred, and falsehood. Nazi Germany and the Soviet Communism are two notable examples from the 20th century |
| 5. What is the difference between humans and animals when it comes to moral actions? | We have immortal souls that give us the ability to know and love God and our neighbor. Animals do not have souls. They, therefore, do not have to know and love God and cannot perform moral actions. |
| 6. What id secular humanism | The doctrine that morality should be based on well-being in the present life. Paying no heed to life after death (don’t need God) |
| 7. Can human reason on its own determine moral truths without error? Explain | We are broken we justicfy everything. Human reason can discover moral truths on its own, but it is prone to error. If the existence of God is denied, then many people will erroneously be lead to follow their desires, rather than an objective moral law |
| 8. What is a “materialistic view” of the world? | It is one that recognizes only the existence of physical matter and ignores or rejects the immaterial or supernatural |
| 9. Define Christian humanism | Christian humanism emphases the dignity of the human person made in the image of God God has created us with an inherent dignity and given us marvelous gifts which reflect his own wisdom and goodness. |
| 10. What is a soul? | The human soul is the spiritual part of a person, which has the power to think and will. The soul is immortal. |
| 11. What is the ultimate end of the soul? | It does not have a temporal end because it is immortal. Death is the separation of the body which decomposes, from the soul, which continues to exist. |
| Explain how Christ recognized the reality of body and soul in instituting the sacraments. | Christ unites the spiritual and material in the sacraments in which spiritual graces are given through physical signs. |
| 13. What is the effect of Baptism on a person? | Baptism imprints a permanent and indelible mark on the soul, making the person a member of Christ’s mystical Body, united to him. |
| 14. Why is a Christian held to a higher standard of conduct? | Because a Christian’s soul is elevated at Baptism to being a son or daughter of God and part of the Body whose Head is Christ, he or she has a greater moral responsibility than a non-Christian. |
| 15. Where are the higher standards mapped out by Christ found | They are found in the beatitudes, the sermon on the mount, and in the New commandment of love. |
| 16. How does baptism and Eucharist have both individual and communal characteristics? | Baptism takes away original sin and actual sins and makes the recipient a child of God. The Eucharist nourishes the one who receives it with the very life of Christ. At the same time, Baptism makes one a member of the church and the Eucharist unites all |
| 17. Why is the social teaching of the Church important | It is important because every person has social obligations, and people have the tendency to let their individual interests overshadow their social duties |
| 18. From what sources does moral theology draw its principles | moral theology draws its principles from Divine Revelation found in Sacred Scripture and Sacred Tradition, which together form one sacred Deposit of Faith entrusted to the Church. For example, Moses permitted divorce, but Christ restored marriage to its |
| This supernatural, free, and undeserved help from God that is given for specific circumstances to do good and avoid evil. | Actual grace |
| The free and unmerited favor of God given through the sacraments. Sanctifying grace heals and sanctifies human nature wounded by sin by giving man a share in the divine life infused into the soul by the Holy Spirit. | sanctifying grace |
| what isMoral law? | The ethical norms, authored and revealed by God and safeguarded by the Church, imposing obligations on the conscience of each person. |
| The doctrine or system by which actions are judged to be good or evil. Morality looks to those human acts that impact the totality of “personness” and affect one’s final end. | Morality- |
| moral relativism- | The view that there is no absolute or universal moral law or truth, resulting in a morality determined by cultural factors or personal preference. |
| objective morality | Standards of conduct that are universal rather than conditioned by culture or personal preference. |
| A Moral Code that prescribes what ought to be done. | positive morality |
| what is Christian morality- | Moral norms to be followed because a Christian is incorporated into Christ through Baptism. |
| God’s call to each person by which one is incorporated into Christ through grace and becomes a member of the Mystical Body of Christ. As one of God’s people, they partake in the life of the church. | Christian vocation |
| Christianity | A name derived from Christ, the Anointed One. The set of beliefs, practices, and morals in imitation of and commanded by Jesus Christ. |
| Disciple- | From the Latin verb discere, “to learn.” One who accepted Jesus’ message to follow him, especially one of the Twelve: this term can also refer to a Christian of any age because they are a follower of Christ. |
| Encyclical | A letter written by the Pope to all the world’s Bishops and occasionally to all the faithful. It usually expounds on some aspect of Church teaching. |
| This gift from God includes the power of directing one’s own actions without constraint. This makes possible the choice to love God. | Free will- |
| The power rooted in reason and the will, to act or not to act, and so to perform deliberate actions on one’s own responsibility in pursuit of the truth and goodness that is ultimately found in God. | Freedom |
| Holiness | Spiritual perfection or purity because of likeness unto God who is perfectly holy. The free dedication of a Christian to the will of God and the participation in the life of Grace. perfection of charity. sanctity, saintliness, and sacredness. |
| An interior law that stems from grace--in connection with life in Jesus--and becomes a norm or impulse for imitating Christ and acting like him. | Law of Christ |
| The theological virtue by which a Christian loves God above all things for His own sake, and loves his neighbor as himself for the love of God. | Love (charity) |
| Latin name for the “Dogmatic Constitution on the Church,” a key document from the Second vatican Council. | Lumen Gentium |
| The participation of man in the plan of God in relation to human life and action, insofar as the mind can understand it. The objective order established by God that determines the requirements for people to thrive and reach fulfillment. | natural law |
| The Supernatural condition of the baptized, by which one participates in the life of Jesus | new being in christ |
| original sin | Adam/Eve’s abuse of their freedom in disobeying God’s command they lost the grace of original holiness and justice darkened the human intellect, weakened the human will, and introduced into human nature an inclination towards sin |
| The intellectual power or faculty which is ordinarily employed by man in adapting thought or action to some end; the guiding principle of the human mind in the process of thinking. | reason |
| A habitual and firm disposition to do good | virture |
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