 | Term | Definition |
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Magisterium |
Pope and Bishops, Official teaching authority |
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Moral Object |
The What? Act being considered |
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Intentions |
Motives of an act; Why? |
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Circumstances |
Details of an act; Who? When? Where? How? |
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Sacraments |
Visible signs of invisible God |
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Pure Love |
Why God created |
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Equality |
Men and Women's Dignity, Created in God's Image |
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Genesis Chapter 3 |
Tells story of "The Fall" in figurative language |
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Divine Providence |
God's love and concern for humans |
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Covenant |
Agreement or pact between 2 parties |
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Concupiscence |
Human inclination or tendency to sin |
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Savior of the World |
Jesus Christ |
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Redemption |
Accomplished by Jesus' death and Resurrection |
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Decalogue |
10 Commandments, Covenant at Sinai |
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Conscience |
Where the law is written; Secret inner core and sanctuary |
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Virtues |
Habits or dispositions to do good |
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True Freedom |
To choose amongst the good alternatives |
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Resposibility |
To be accountable for one's actions |
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Enslaved |
What one becomes when one chooses to do evil |
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Life |
Precious from conception to natural death |
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Image of God |
Every single human being |
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Creation is ongoing |
The world is in the state of becoming |
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Passion |
Emotions like Love, Anger, Hate/Feelings are morally neutral |
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Cause of Evil |
God is no way willed/caused evil. Evil exists only because of free will |
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Free Will |
God's gift to humans to choose |
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Dependent |
Humans need/depend on God |
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Mount Sinai Covenant |
10 Commandments. Important event in Israel. |
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Cardinal Virtues |
Hinge Virtues Justice, Prudence, Fortitude and Temperance |
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Justice |
To give God and others their due: Religion and Respect |
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Prudence |
Using free will to make moral decisions |
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Fortitude |
Courage to do what is right |
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Temperance |
Moderation |
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Respect |
for people, comes under virtue of Justice |
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Religion |
for God, Comes under virtue of Justice |
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Passions |
Must be governed by Reason |
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Most Fundamental Passion |
love |
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Mystery |
Beyond human comprehension |
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Scripture and Tradition |
Foundation of reverence of Live. 2 ways to discover Gods love |
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Holy Spirit |
_________________________ |
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Reason |
Ability to think; to be rational |
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Glory |
of God; Why world was made |
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Destiny |
Eternal |
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Dignity |
Immortal Modern God, Gift to humans/respect |
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Prudent |
Complimentary Terms using good moral judgement |
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Creation |
Gods first and universal witness to His love and goodness |
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Freedom |
rooted in reason and free will |
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Good Intention |
does not make and evil action good |
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Characteristics of Law |
Reasonable Common Good Competent Authority and Promulgated |
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Reverence for Life |
At all stages--Conception to natural death |
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Golden Calves of today |
Money, Power, Sex, Drugs |
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Natural Law |
Easily determined by rational people |
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Civil Law |
Application of natural Law in city, state, or nation |
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Divine Law |
Resides in God's Hands |
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Church Law |
Canon Law |
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Beatitutes |
blessed |
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Poor in Spirit |
Trust God |
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Mourn |
Grieve and suffer |
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Uprightness |
Justice and Peace |
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Gentle/Meek |
Kind and courteous |
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Merciful |
Forgiving |
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Pure in Heart |
Authentic/Real |
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Peacemakers |
Live in harmony with others |
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Persecuted |
Suffer for doing what is right |
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Holy Mystery |
God-- beyond human comprehension and language |
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The Way, the Truth and the Life |
Jesus-- only way to God |
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Model for all disciples |
Mary--Does God's Will |
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Community of love |
Holy Trinity: Father, son, holy spirit |
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Service |
Obligation for chrisatians |
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Grace |
Gods life and love in us |
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Theological Virtues |
Faith, Hope, Charity |
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Holy Spirit |
Guides, Sanctifies, Teaches |
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Only creature willed for its own sake |
Humans |
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Fundamental Vocation |
Love |
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How do we fully discover ourselves |
Doing the right thing |
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Our hearts are restless until they rest in _____. |
God |
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To love is to will the _____of another. |
good |
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Amoral |
Totally unconcerned with standards |
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Moral |
To be good, to be all God intended |
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good |
to be fully human |
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Divine |
God's life |
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Ethics |
Search for norms using reason alone |
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Social beings |
Humans need each other |
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4th Commandment |
Honor family |
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5th commandment |
Respect Life |
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6th commandment |
Chastity |
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Ultimate Happiness |
To be with God in heaven |
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____ Never justifies the ______ |
end means |
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Norm |
Standards which we measure behavior |
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Highest Norm |
Divine Laws |
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Are Humans absolutely determined by heredity and environment? |
NO |
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Are humans ruled by instinct |
NO |
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Are humans conditioned? |
NO |
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Morality |
Set of norms of free human behavior in light of Revelation. Positive, response to our neighbor |
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Jesus |
Perfect Norm |
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Motives |
Intentions |
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Center of Morality |
Perfect Norm Jesus |
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Abstinence |
no sex |
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Chastity |
Virtue |
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Save Sex for Marriage |
Chastity |
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Is there such a thing as "safe sex"? |
No, only abstinence |
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Serve |
Obligation |
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Contrition |
Sorrow, to ask forgiveness |
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Wisdom |
Parents and adults have wisdom based on age and experience |
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Petition |
To ask for something in the name of the Lord |
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Gospel |
Good News of salvation |
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Kingdom |
Wherever, whenever God is present |
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Unconditionally |
How God loves us |
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Meditation |
presence of God |
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Gospel Values |
Faith, Hope, Charity, Reconciliation, Solidarity |
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Hedonism |
"If it feels good, do it" |
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Secular Humanism |
Evil: Emphasizing achievement of people without God |
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Morality of Conformity |
Evil : says right is determined by majority opinion |
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Greatest Commandment |
Love God above all |
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Characteristics of Human Beings |
Soul: Reason, Free Will, Capacity to Love |
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Sin |
Attitude or action that kills relationship with God |
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Mass |
Source and summit of Catholic life |
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Cross |
Rich symbol of God's love for us |
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Monotheism |
Belief in one God |
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Creed |
A formal statement of beliefs |
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"Beatitude" |
Blessed or Happy |
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Evangelists |
Writers of Gospel |
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Evangelize |
To spread the good news of salvation to others |
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Messiah |
Hebrew for savior |
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Pentecost |
Birthday of the Church |
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Ascension |
Jesus goes to Heaven |
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Holy Orders |
Ordains bishop and priests |
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Abraham |
Father of Chosen People |
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Peter |
First Pope or head of the Church |
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Incarnation |
God takes on human flesh in person of Jesus |
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"Catholic" |
Universal of the whole earth |
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Transubstantiation |
Bread is Jesus' Body, Wine is Jesus' Blood |
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Paschal Mystery |
Jesus' suffering, death, resurrection and ascension accomplishes salvation |
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Communion of Saints |
Those who have died and are in Heaven |
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The word beatitude means |
blessed |
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The greek word for Savior is |
Christos |
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The ___________ is the source and summit of christian love |
Eucharist |
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Jesus had BOTH a __________ nature and a ___________nature |
human.....diviine |
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______________is the Way, the Truth and the Life |
Jesus |
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Our word for God's life and love in us is _____________ |
unconditional |
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The four gospel writers are also called ____________ |
evangelists from the Greek work for "good news." |
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The theological virtues are: |
Faith, Hope and Love/Charity |
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God is Holy ____________ in whose presence we fall SILENT. |
Mystery |
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____________ is the model discipline in saying YES to God, and doing God's Will |
Mary |
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Doing service is not an ___________ for the followers of Jesus. |
option |
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The birthday of the Church is ______________ when the Holy Spirit came to the apostles |
Pentecost |
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The Blessed ______________ is God in three persons in one community of love. |
Trinity |
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Love of God is inseparable from love of _________________- and vica versa. |
neighbor |
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________ is an action of an attitude that kills one's relationship with God |
Sin |
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Soul |
Seed of eternity. Made in image of God. Separates us from plants and animals |
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Human |
Made in image of God |
