Chapter 4 Morality Flashcards

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Actual sin

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A thought, word, deed, or omission contrary to God’s eternal law. It is a human act that presumes knowledge of wrongdoing, awareness of malice, and consent of the will

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Beatitude

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Happiness or blessedness, especially the eternal happiness of Heaven, which is the vision of God partaking of the divine nature

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Beatitudes

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The teachings of Jesus in the Sermon on the Mount on the meaning and way to true happiness

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Commandment

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A norm of moral religious action

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Concupiscence

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Human appetites and desires remain disordered due to the temporal consequences of Original sin

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Conversion

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A radical reorientation of one’s whole life away from sin and evil and toward God

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Covenant

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A solemn agreement between people or between God and man involving mutual commitments and guarantees

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Decalogue

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From the Greek of Ten Sayings, the Ten Commandments given by God through Moses

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Divine Revelation

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It is primarily God’s communication of his divine life, so that man can know him and thereby respond to his love

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Fasting

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Mortification by deprivation of food.

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Formal sin

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Sin that is freely and deliberately committed.

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Habitual sin

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A permanent state of culpability caused by the frequent commission of actual sins

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Holy Days of Obligation

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A Sunday or other feast day of importance that Christians are obliged to keep holy

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Holy Days of Obligation

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The worship or adoration due God alone paid to images “made with hands” or any created object

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Imperfect contrition

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Sorrow and detestation of one’s sins with the promise to not to sin again as a result of fear of God’s punishment

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Intrinsic evil

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An act that is evil in and of itself and never justifiable, regardless of situation of circumstance

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Justice

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One of the four cardinal virtues, refers to the observance of the divine law

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Abstinence

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Refers to the obligation to abstain from something, typically food or drink

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Kingdom of God

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Heaven itself or the call to establish the kingdom of God on earth, which means to work toward a world of complete love, harmony, peace, and justice

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Magisterium

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The name given to the universal teaching authority of the pope and bishops in communion with him

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Material cooperation

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An action that plays a role in an evil deed but lacks the deliberate consent to that same cooperative action

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Mortal sin

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A grave offense against God that destroys a person’s relationship aith him by severing that person from divine love

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New Covenant

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The new dispensation or order, established by God in Jesus Christ, to succeed and perfect the old covenant

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Occasion of sin

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A person, place, thing or situation that generally leads to temptation

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Old Covenant

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The Mosaic Law, encapsulated as the Ten Commandments, and its stipulation from God to the Israelites that I will be your God and you will be my people

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Perfect contrition

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Sorrow and detestation for the sin committed and to not sin again due to a love of God above all else

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Personal sin

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Sin that results from deliberation and act of will with knowledge

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Redemption

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The possibility of spending eternity in Heaven, made possible by the Incarnation

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Repentance

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True sorrow for one’s own sins and the firm resolution to avoid all sin in the future

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Righteousness

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Justice, uprightness, conformity of life to the requirements of the divine or moral law; virtue; integrity

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Sacrament of Reconciliation

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The Sacrament by which Christ forgives sins

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Salvation

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The Redemption and the promise of heaven brought by the Death and Resurrection of Jesus

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Sin

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A transgression of the Divine law and an offense against God involving the individual’s knowledge and will

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Sin of Commission

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Sin by means of committing an evil act such as theft or murder

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Sin of omission

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Failure to commit a good act

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Venial sin

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An offense against the law and love of God that does not deprive the soul of sanctifying grace, but weakens a person’s love for God and neighbor