Morality
Objective Morality
Teachings of Jesus and the Apostles handed down in a living, unbroken transmission
Sacred Tradition
We are called to Love the sinner and...
hate the sin.
Wrote the Confessions
St. Augustine
Author of The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
C.S. Lewis
Can vary from situation to situation and from one personal opinion to another
Subjective Morality
In morality, it is also known as natural law
Human Reason
We inherit this from Adam and Eve, but we are not responsible for committing this sin
Original Sin
Jesus' first mircale
turning water into wine at the Wedding at Cana
Number of books in the Catholic Bible
73
subset of theology that makes use of reason to offer practical judgments, under the guidance of divine revelation, in order to direct human acts towards their supernatural end: God
Moral Theology
Inspired, inerrant writings of God of the Old and New Testaments
Sacred Scripture
Greatest desire of the human person
God
Author of the Declaration of Independence
Thomas Jefferson
James Madison
Moral theology is a subset of theology that focuses primarily on
Code: how to live as a disciple of Christ
Teaching office of the Church (Pope and Bishops united with him; interprets but does not invent revelation
Magisterium
Process by which we are made holy, brought into God's sanctifying grace, begins with God's grace and our response of faith working through love
Justification
Only miracle to occur in all four Gospels
Feeding of the 5,000
Name the most recent Pope to resign
Pope Benedict XVI
Name the four sources of moral theology
Sacred Scripture, Sacred Tradition, Magisterium, and Human Reason
Four properties of Objective Truth
Discovered, not invented
Universal
Unchanging
Based on facts, not feelings
Name four sources of moral theology
Sacred Scripture, Sacred Tradition, Magisterium, and Human Reason
Known as the Angelic Doctor
St. Thomas Aquinas