Moral Theology Basics
This teaches that God is both the source and the final goal of all good moral actions.
What is God as the origin and end of moral action?
Unlike animals, humans possess this spiritual reality that allows moral responsibility.
What is an immortal soul?
This worldview claims morality is based only on improving life in the present world.
What is secular humanism?
This sacrament gives new life in Christ and makes a person a member of the Church.
What is Baptism?
Moral theology draws its principles from these three sources.
What are Sacred Scripture, Sacred Tradition, and the Magisterium?
This branch of theology studies the principles and actions taught by Jesus Christ.
What is Moral Theology?
This is the spiritual part of the human person that gives life and reason.
What is the soul?
Human reason alone cannot determine moral truth without error because of this condition.
What is original sin?
Jesus perfected the commandments by teaching this radical response to enemies.
What is loving your enemies and rejecting retaliation?
Catholics believe the Bible is without error because of this divine action.
What is divine inspiration by God?
Catholics trust Church moral teachings because they come from Scripture and this official source of Church teaching.
What is Sacred Tradition / the Catechism (Magisterium)?
These characteristics distinguish humans from the rest of creation.
What are the capacity to know and love God and an immortal soul?
This view focuses only on material things and ignores the supernatural.
What is a materialistic view of the world?
These are effects of the Holy Spirit on the soul.
What are peace, love, kindness, faithfulness, and awareness of sin?
Not all biblical laws are permanent, as shown by this example involving marriage.
What is Moses allowing divorce, later corrected by Christ?
Societies that reject God’s moral law often fall into this worldview that harms human dignity.
What is a materialistic view of the human person?
This is why every human being has inherent dignity.
What is being made in the image of God?
This belief fails because it cannot answer life’s deepest moral questions.
What is scientism?
This sacrament nourishes the soul and strengthens unity with God and the Church.
What is the Eucharist?
Sacred Tradition differs from changeable traditions because it is this.
What is unchangeable divine revelation?
This explains why Christians are held to a higher moral standard of conduct.
What is Baptism giving new life in Christ?
The soul’s ultimate end is this.
What is eternal life with God?
This is the mistake of denying the importance of the physical body in favor of only the spiritual.
What is the error of a purely spiritual viewpoint?
Jesus instituted these to save both body and soul.
What are the sacraments?
Catholics rely on this authority to properly interpret doctrine and avoid error.
What is the Magisterium of the Church?