Articles 5-9 Flashcards
Eternal law
Order in creation that reflects Gods will and purpose
Always true and never changes.
Everything else has basis in this only if it’s true.
Natural law
Moral law that can be understood through the use of reason.
Understand what it means to be in right relationships with everything/one
Basis is participation in Gods wisdom and goodness
Moral law
Established by god and is a rational expressions of eternal law.
Reflects gods wisdom teaching that leads us to blessed life.
Are some things always right or always wrong?
Keira
What does free will give us the capability to do? Not do?
Josh’s do
What is the need for the Ten Commandments/Old law?
To guide us to the holy life that Jesus has spelled out for us.
What are the Great Commandments?
You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart with all your soul with all your mind and with all your strength
Love your neighbor as yourself.
Why do we need to understand what Jesus means by LOVE?
Based in gods eternal law
Forgiving yet working hard
Sacrificial love
Types of church law
Precepts of the church
Canon law
Canon law
Name given to official body of laws that provide good order in the visible body of the church.
What are the precepts of the church?
Commandments of the church
Basic obligations for all catholic that are dictated by the laws of the church.
Law of Love
Basis for properly understanding and interpreting all other moral laws
Fulfills old law by going deeper.
