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Religious Studies
11th Grade
12/14/2008

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MORALITY STUDY FLASH CARDS!!
Hey so like most of these flash cards came directly from Kelly's Study Guide. I probably didnt type any of them. but whatev. good luck studying!
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study time! hopefully you arnt looking at these an hour before the exam starts! haha if you are though...
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Sacrament:
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channel through which the grace of God flowing from the cross of Christ; sign, gestures, visibly symbolizing and conferring God’s grace; received through the senses
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Eucharist
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“thanksgiving”; symbol of the Mass;
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Mass
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first and main act of worship; celebrate Sunday because it is the day after the Sabbath and day of Resurrection; presents central mystery- passion, death, and resurrection of Christ; sacrifice- Jesus dying on the cross and made present from son to father;
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Real Presence
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body, blood, soul, and divinity of Jesus; transubstantiation: physical change of body and blood-characteristics stay the same but the essence and inner reality changes
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Intercommunion
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non-Catholic receives the Eucharist; not permitted unless a bishop grants permission
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Contingent Being
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relies on something outside of itself for its existence
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Non-contingent Being
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does not rely on anything outside itself for its existence
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End
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that on account of which anything begins to be; must be some end which is final; man acts for an end in all his human acts
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Final End
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one and the same for all man; fills up measure of capabilities; achievement of end results in perfect satisfaction
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Perfect Happiness
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state of being perfectly satisfied; man possesses God by act of perfect knowledge and love
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Pleasure
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material goods, physical beauty, knowledge, other persons are attempts of happiness
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Beatitude
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the full enduring possession of the supreme and perfect good
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God
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non-contingent; omnipotent; one; omniscient
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Magisterium
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authority of the Pope in union with the bishops teaching matters of faith and moral; have right to interpret Christ’s moral message; held responsible for truth
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Tradition
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writings of the church; systemized moral doctrine and applied moral teaching to new scripture; teaching, life, and worship of the church
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Objective Truth
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resides in object, not in thinking subject; thinker must derive the truth outside;
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subjective truth
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truth resides in thinking subject; thinker determines truth;
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religious truth
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objective; person’s thought doesn’t determine truth; right and wrong answer
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Free Will
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power of determining one’s acts; power of acting or not acting; power of doing one thing or another as one pleases
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Irrational
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choice with no motives; no knowledge; 2 unknown results
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Full Knowledge
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clear and deliberate knowledge of the morality of the action being considered; necessary for mortal sin; agent knows what he’s doing; agent aware of moral dimension(good/evil)
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Partial Knowledge:
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involves the presence of some obstacle interfering with correct judgment
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Vincible Ignorance:
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person suspects action could be wrong; not bothering to find out before carrying out the act
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Invincible Ignorance:
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one does not and cannot know that one’s actions are evil; cannot be blamed
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Concupiscence
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flesh fighting against the spirit; inclination of fallen nature; drawn to desires of the flesh
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Habit:
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good/bad actions more they’re performed; second-nature
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True Conscience:
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coincides with moral law
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False Conscience:
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does not coincide with moral law because an error in judgment has been made due to ignorance
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Certain Conscience:
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person is sure whether it is moral or not
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Doubtful Conscience:
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person is unsure whether it is moral or not
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Licence:
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doing whatever a person wants
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Natural Law:
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eternal law; written in the heart of every person, as it applies in the life of man for attaining his end; order in the body(health); order in the mind(sanity); order to the actions(goodness); universality; immutability; basis of civil law
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New law:
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specifically Christian; Beatitudes; law of spirit; obligates us to shape our lives to Christ; for “new man” in Baptism
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Eternal Law:
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cosmic order established by God; not by chance, but design; first law; foundation of all law; intrinsic-woven by God; universal for all creation
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Positive Law
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written/spelled out-promulgated by those in authority; 3 kinds: divine, ecclesiastical, and civil
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Object
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act being done; determines morality of act; fundamental goodness/wrongness; some acts are intrinsically evil
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Circumstance:
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situation within which act is carried out; who?; what?; how?; when?; where?; can lesson the seriousness of the act, but cannot do away with it altogether; evil can be diminished, but not removed
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Fundamental Option:
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basic commitment for/against God made by a person; either towards obedience & fidelity/disobedience & selfishness; basic orientation of a person’s life in relation to God; carried out by particular acts; misused as an excuse for sin
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Summum Bonum:
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highest good
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Soul
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essential aspects of what it means to be a person; in union with body
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Mortal Sin
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a serious and willful transgression of God's Law; an unpardonable sin entailing a total loss of grace; "theologians list seven mortal sins"
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Venial Sin
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sin that offends love of God and weakens our relationship with him, but does not destroy it; the number of times sin was committed must be mentioned in confession; can lead to mortal sin
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Social Nature (of sin)
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level to which sin affects others, but ALL SIN IS HARMFUL
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Cardinal (Virtues)
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primary
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Fortitude
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courage; living virtue, despite the cost;
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Martyrdom
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the ultimate act;
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Magnanimity
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patience, and perseverance
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Good Person:
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does not perform occasional good acts, but must perform good acts regularly and become a habit(virtue)
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Temperance:
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regulates sense; keep senses in check; moderate desires and keeps the reasonable;
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