Freedom
This kind of freedom means being able to make choices and act according to your own will.
What is human freedom?
This is God's free and undeserved help that enables us to respond to His call.
What is Grace?
This type of law is written into the human person and helps us distinguish between good and evil.
What is natural law?
This concept goes hand in hand with the gift of free will.
What is responsibility?
The heart of Christian morality, was also referred to as what word.
What is freedom?
Fear and addiction are examples of this kind of limitation on freedom.
What is internal freedom?
This gift of the Holy Spirit's grace cleanses us from sin through conversion, faith in Jesus Christ, and Baptism.
What is justification?
This is the first stage of God's revealed law. It is holy, good, and spiritual, but cannot itself remove sin.
What is the Old Law?
Being forced to do something through fear is this impediment to freedom.
What is duress?
This belief denies the existence of absolute, universal moral truths.
What is nihilism?
Poverty and tyranny are examples of limitations that come from outside a person.
What is external freedom?
Every one of these brings particular graces proper to it.
What is a sacrament?
This is the perfection of divine law and is expressed most fully through Christ.
What is the New Law?
Repeated behaviors that can become difficult to overcome are this impediment to freedom.
What is habit?
This position holds that there are no absolute moral truths and that morality can depend on the person or situation.
What is moral relativism?
This term describes unlimited, undisciplined freedom that ignores truth, responsibility, and consequences.
What is license?
These gifts of the Holy Spirit are given for the good of the Church and can include gifts such as teaching, leadership, or service.
What are charisms?
According to St. Thomas Aquinas, law is an ordinance of reason for this.
What is the common good?
Not knowing the proper way to act is this impediment to freedom.
What is ignorance?
Sin can weaken and cloud this human ability, making it more difficult to correctly recognize natural law.
What is the intellect?
The chapter teaches that true freedom is not simply the ability to do whatever you want. Instead, it is rooted in these two things.
What are truth and the good?
God makes the first move by giving grace, and human beings are called to do this with the grace they receive.
What is cooperate with God's grace?
Aquinas says that a law must be an ordinance of reason, be directed toward the common good, and be established by this person or group.
What is the one responsible for the community / proper authority?
Name all five major impediments to freedom studied in this chapter.
What are duress, habit, inordinate attachment, ignorance, and inadvertence?
Natural law corresponds to these three basic human needs and drives.
What are preserving life, developing as individuals and communities, and sharing life with others?