Definitions
Who we ought to be and how we ought to live
Morality
These two attributes make us made in God's image and likeness.
Intellect and Free Will
Age of Reason
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Two types of sin (not including Original)
Mortal and Venial
Used to decide whether an action that has both good and bad consequences is morally permissible.
Principle of Double Effect
A habitual and firm disposition to do good.
Virtue
A morality that is rooted in the fundamental dignity of the human person.
Objective Morality
The most fundamental Passion
Love
2 types of contrition
Imperfect and Perfect Contrition
God’s Law.
Eternal Law
Original moral sense which enables man to discern by reason the good and the evil, the truth and the lie
Natural Law
One of the needs of the human person: it means we are meant to live in community as we are social creatures.
Interdependence
A conscience that does not employ a discernment process and therefore does not consider the moral quality of an act.
Lax Conscience
3 Conditions for a mortal sin (must be in order and using correct wording).
Grave Matter, Full Knowledge, Deliberate Consent
The 3 criteria of a moral act (must be in order).
Object, Intention, Circumstance
Modern belief that there is no objective morality-- what is right and what is wrong depends on the individual person’s beliefs.
Moral Relativism
the standards of human behavior that were established by God and taught by the Catholic Church
Moral Law
The quality of being guilty or deserving of punishment for a particular sin.
Culpability (Culpable)
The sin that one can fall into with abusing Confession.
Presuming on God's grace/mercy
This is created and maintained by social sin.
Structures of Sin.
A judgement of reason whereby the human person recognizes the moral quality of a concrete act that he is going to perform.
Conscience
Morality is found in this section (Part) of the CCC
Part III
Lack of knowledge for which a person is morally responsible due to the lack of diligence.
Vincible Ignorance
An offense against reason, truth, and right conscience
Sin
The movement of sensitive appetite contrary to the operation of human reason.
Concupiscence