Key Terms
These guidelines, given by God, are the foundation of Christian moral teachings.
Hint: there's 10 of them.
What are the Commandments?
How can we form our consciences correctly?
True/False.
Everyone is born with a conscience.
True
What is the first commandment?
What is "I am the Lord your God, you shall have no other gods before Me."?
What is the sixth commandment?
What is "You shall not commit adultery"?
The ability to choose freely between right and wrong and choose to love and obey God is called this.
What is free will?
Every man has the law in his heart to do what basic moral law.
What is "do good and avoid evil"?
This type of sin is considered very serious and requires full knowledge and deliberate consent.
What is mortal sin?
What are the second and third commandments?
What is "You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain. Remember to keep holy the Sabbath."?
What is the seventh commandment?
What is "You shall not steal"?
This term, highlighted on page 15, refers to the inner guide we have of right and wrong.
What is conscience?
The last 7 Commandments teach us to love whom as we love ourselves?
Who is our neighbor?
This sin involves a less serious matter than mortal sin but still damages the soul.
What is venial sin?
What is the fourth commandment?
What is "Honor your father and mother"?
What is the eighth commandment?
What is "You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor" (You shall not lie)?
A sacred agreement between God and His people, found on page 14.
What is covenant?
This summarizes the first 3 Commandments: Love whom above all things?
Who is God?
When a person knowingly and freely chooses to disobey God, they commit this.
What is sin?
What is the fifth commandment?
What are the ninth and tenth commandments?
What is "You shall not covet your neighbor's wife/goods"?
Another name for the Ten Commandments, meaning "ten words," on page 14.
What is Decalogue?
The foundation of all law in Christian teaching is summed up by this one principle.
What is love?
List the 3 criteria for a mortal sin.
What is "serious, knowledge of it being bad, and free will to choose sin"?
The first three commandments can be summed up into what phrase.
What is "Love God above all things"?
The last seven commandments can be summed up into what phrase.
What is "Love your neighbor as yourself"?