Definitions

Question 1

Freedom

Answer 1

The power or right to act, speak, or think as one wants without hindrance or restraint.

Question 2

Principle

Answer 2

A rule/standard of good behaviour

Question 3

Morality

Answer 3

Principles concerning the difference between good and bad, right and wrong

Question 4

Justice

Answer 4

The virtue that gives each person their due in the distribution of goods; upholding what is fair and equitable

Question 5

Social justice

Answer 5

Fairness and duty to one another within society; implies that we are responsible for the well-being of our fellow human beings

Question 6

Distributive justice

Answer 6

What society owes to its individual members for the common good, such as the right to basic needs like food, shelter and education.

Question 7

Contributive justice

Answer 7

What individuals owe to society for the common good (paying taxes)

Question 8

Commutative justice

Answer 8

Justice that is owed between individuals, such as the exchange of money for property in a business transaction

Question 9

Natural Moral Law

Answer 9

Law that isn’t written but nevertheless known by everyone that has common sense.

Question 10

Social gospel

Answer 10

How to treat each other based on the good news preached by Jesus Christ; emphasis on love, justice, forgiveness, and peace

Question 11

Catholic social teaching

Answer 11

The church’s view on matters of human dignity and common good in society

Question 12

Common good

Answer 12

The sum total of social conditions which allow people, either as groups or as individuals, to reach their fulfillment more fully and more easily

Question 13

Original sin

Answer 13

The condition or state of sin into which each human being is born

Question 14

Personal sin

Answer 14

An offense against reason, truth and right conscience (the natural law); it is a failure in genuine love for god and neighbor.

Question 15

Sins of commission

Answer 15

Sins that we commit by doing something we shouldn’t do (lying and stealing)

Question 16

Sins of omission

Answer 16

Sins we commit by not doing something we should do (failing to help another person in need)

Question 17

Social sin

Answer 17

Sin committed against the dignity, rights and freedoms of every human person (racism, terrorism, and war)

Question 18

Papal bull

Answer 18

A type of public decree, letters patent, or charter issued by a pope or the Catholic Church.

Question 19

Venial/moral sin

Answer 19

Venial: wounds our relationship with God (lying, stealing)

Moral: grave offences that destroy our relationship with God (murder, adultery)

Question 20

Corporal works of mercy

Answer 20

Charitable acts by which we help our neighbours with their material and physical needs

Question 21

Spiritual works of mercy

Answer 21

Acts of compassion by which we help our neighbours with their emotional and spiritual needs

Question 22

Sainthood

Answer 22

The state of being a holy person who goes to heaven after death.