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| The supernatural help from God to do good and avoid evil to enable us to save our souls |
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| The part of theology that specifies the moral norms derived from the new being that the Christian- because of his incoporation into Christ in Baptism- needs to follow, with the hope of imitating Jesus' life to the point of identifying with him |
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| God's call to the human being by which he is incorporated into Christ through grace and becomes a member of the mystical Dody of Christ. As one of God's people, he partakes in the life of the Church. |
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| The way of life lived as Jesus Christ the SOn of God lived in word and action |
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| A follower who adopts another person's way of life, taking on his particular type of discipline |
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| A gift from God to make possible the free choice to love God |
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| The power rooted in reason and the will, to act or not to act, so to perfomr deliberate actions on one's own reponsibility |
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| The free dedication of oneself to the will of God, and the participation in the life of grace offered to the Christian. This dedication to God affects ta moral transfromation in the life of the individual. |
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| A moral system the denies the belief in God and views humanity as the highest form of existence |
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| 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. |
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| The theological virtue by which we love God above all things for his own sake, and our neighbors as ourselves for the love of God. |
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| The objective standards authored by God and taught by Church authority |
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| The supernatural condition of the baptized by which they participate in the life of Jesus |
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| The standard by which we judge our action to be good or evil. Morality looks to those human acts that impact on the totality of our "personness" and which affect our final end. |
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| The sin committed by Adam and Eve |
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| A moral code that perscribes what ought to be done |
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| The share in the divine life of God infused into us at Baptism |
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| Failure to do what is known to be right, good, or required |
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| A habitual and firm disposition to do good |
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| An attitude that lackes any moral orinetation, dispensing from all moral norms |
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| A science that enables the human mind to make correct moral choices guided by principles set forth by the Magisterium |
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| The part of moral theology that studies the nautre of the moral act and the conditions that make a concrete action moral |
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| The free gift of God's own life that God makes to each person in Baptism; it is infused into the soul by the Holy Spirit to heal it of sim and to sanctify it |
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| Behavior that goes agianst moral norms |
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Immunity from error and any possibility of erro |
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| The name given to the ordinary and universal teaching authority of the pope and the bishops in communion with him, who guide the members of the Church withour error in matter of faith and morals. |
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| The belief that matter is the only reality and that everything can be explained only in term of matter, and that comfort, pleasure, and wealth are the only or highest goods/values |
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| A science which accepts and examines divine revelatiion while at the same time responding to the demands of human reason |
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| The participation of human beings in the plan of God in relation to human life and action insofar as the human mind can grasp that plan. The objective order established by God that determines the requirement for humans to thrive for and reach fulfillment |
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| Adam and Eve's abuse of their human freedom in disobeying God's command. This sin separtated mankind from God, darkened the human intellect, weakened the human will, and introduced into human nature and inclination toward sin |
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| Philosophical Anthropology |
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| The part of philosophy that studies the specific nature of people |
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| The existence of a variety of opinions or ideas within human society, some of which may contradict or oppose one another. A pluralism in the application of moral principles and social customs in valid insofar as it does not contradict God's revelatiion and sound reason |
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| The truths about God and his will which he has communicated freely to humanity by means of Sacred Scriptureand Sacred Tradition |
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| The Word of God entrusted to the apostles and their successors by CHrist and the Holy Spirt, and transmitted by their teaching to each generation of Chirstians |
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| A system of doctirnes and practices that rejects any form of religious faith and worship |
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| The study of mankind as genetically determined |
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| The part of theolgy the studies the nature of mankind according revelation |
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| Virtues infused in the soul at Baptism that enable each perosn to share in the divin nature of God-Father,SOn, and Holy Spirit. In Catholic theology, ther are three: faith, hope, and charity |
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| Those truths passed from generation to generation in oral or written form. |
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| Acts accomplished without knowledge or deliberation |
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| Rigourous self-discipline |
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| the power a peson has over his own acts |
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| the clear and deliberated knowledge of the merit or sinfulness of an action. It is required as a conditon before a person can be guility of sin. |
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| An act that is perfomred with both knowledge and freewill. Human acts, depending upon the degree of knowledge and freedom involved in their commision, are either morally good or morally evil. |
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| the lack of required knowledge. |
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| Actions which have no moral value in themselves, but depend on the intetion of the agent and the circumstances that surround them for their moral value. |
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| the attribution of the effect that secondarily follows a free act |
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| knowledge that is obscrued by the presence of some obstacle interfering with a moral judgement. |
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| the ability to make and carry out correct moral decisions |
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| the demand for an account of one's acts before oneself and before a superior authority;it includes accepting the consequences of one's actions. |
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| the coercion of an external force against a person's will |
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| Antecedent Judgement of Conscience |
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| Judgement that precedes an action |
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| the belief that conscience is that only moral authority |
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| Conscience that issues a judgement in certaint that may or may not be correct. |
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| Concomitant Judgement of Conscience |
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| Judgment that accompanies an action as it is taking place |
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| Conscience is a judgement of reason whereby the human person recognizes the moral quality of a concrete act that he is going to perform, is in the process of performing, or has already completed. |
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| Consequent judgment of conscience |
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| moral judgment made after the act |
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| judgement of conscience that occurs when there is doubt about the good or evil of an act done or omitted. Unless on is required to act immediately, man is required to determine the moral rectitude of an act befor action on a doubtful conscience. |
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| a judgment of conscience that does not correspond with what the law or morm requires. The ignorance may be vincible or invincible when the content of the law is unkown. He who acts with invincible igonrance does not sin if he has taken the necessary steps to learn what is permitted and prohibited. |
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| absolute dependence of conscience on laws. |
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| Ignoramce that cannot be overcome by ordinary diligence |
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| a conscience that formulates moral judgments on infufficient grouds. It judges mortal sins as venial and venial sins as no sin. |
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| Correctness of method of judgement |
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| A conscience that judges an action to be morally evil when in fact it is not |
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| objectively coincides with the application of the moral law |
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| Ignorance that can be overcome by ordinary diligence |
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| Acts that do not involve the intellect and will (breathing, sneezing) |
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| The first goal of the intention and the purpose pursued in the action. |
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| A movement of the will toward the end, the goal of the activity |
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| sins against God committed by the dleiberate will of the individual |
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| Imperfect contrition resuliting from being sorry for sins due to fear of God's punishment |
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| Consent sufficiently deliberate to be a personal choice |
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| Sincere sorrow for having offended God and hatred for the sins we have committed, with a firm purpose of sinning no more |
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| Sin committed by word or deed |
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| A sin that is freely and deliberately committed. A formal sin always involves knowledge of the evil of the action that is being commtted, and freedom to do ro to avoid the action |
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| The knowledge of the sinful character of act, of its opposition to God's law |
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| A serious violation of the natural law |
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| The permanent state of culpability, caused by the frequent commision of actula sins. |
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| Sin committed in thought or desire |
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| An action that is sinful but does not admit culpability because of ignorance |
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| A grave offense agianst God that destroys our relationship with him by severing us from his divine love |
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| The concrete number of acts that are committed contrary to a virtue or precept |
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| A person, place, or thing that can lead to temptation |
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| THe act of disobedience committed by the first parents at the beginnin of human history. Every perosn is born with its effect on his soul that inlcines us toward sin. |
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| A philosophy that rejects any refernece to God or religion and seeks the improvemtn of human society thorugh purely human means, ie, science , social |
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| A choice to do an evil act |
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| A failure to perform some act rquired by a positive precept |
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| The categorization of sins according to the specifc virtues they violate |
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| A less serious offense against the love of God that does not deprive the soul of sanctifying grace, but which weakens a person's love for God and neighbor. |
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| The law promulgated by civil authority |
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The law the directs the life and worship of the Church |
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God's wisdom as manifested in all acts and movements |
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| Law promulgated by Human authority, either civil or ecclesiastical. In oreder to be legitimate, human law must be consistent with laws of God, conform to the nautral law and promote the goood of society |
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| An ordincance of reason for the common good, corresponding to divine law and promulgated by one who has care of the community. |
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| Descriptions of the behavior of the material universe |
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| The ethical norm revealed by God, that imposes obligations on the conscience of each person |
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| The part of the eternal law that applies to the rational creature |
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| Laws created by the proper authority that enjoin specific obligations upon individuals and bind in conscience insofar as they conform to the dictated of the divine and natural laws |
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| The ability to be applied to everyone |
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| Human laws that contradict or fail to conform to divine or natural law. Such laws are never binding on a person's conscience, and must be prudentially opposed by conscientious objection |
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