Exam Flashcards
All generations of people are born since the time of Adam and Eve
Original sin
The power rooted in reason and will
Free will
Quality or state of being worthy
Dignity
Body of Church doctrine that applies Jesus’ Gospel to our life together
Social justice doctrine
Certain basic minimum conditions to live a truly human life
Rights
Aramaic term meaning father
Abba
A pastoral papal letter sent to the whole Church
Encyclical
Important social justice encyclical written by Pope St. John XXIII
Peace on Earth
Depiction of sexual acts or nudity
Pornography
“Habitual and firm disposition to do good”
Virtue
“Hinge”
Cardinal virtues
Right reason in action
Prudence
Courage
Fortitude
Regulates our sensual appetites
Temperance
Each person what is their due
Justice
God-given powers that direct us to our loving Triune God
Theological virtues
Enables us to believe all that God has revealed
Faith
Empowers us to trust in God’s promises
Hope
Enables us to love God above all things
Charity
Call for fairness in exchange between individuals and private groups
Commutative justice
Sees to the just distribution of the goods
Distributive justice
Regulates citizens obligations
Legal justice
Applies the Gospel of Jesus Christ
Social justice
Open-ended contract of love between God and His people
Covenant
Seminal social justice encyclical written by Pope Leo XIII
Rerum Novarum
The process whereby the world’s goods, communications and peoples are more fully integrated, accessible, and interdependent
Globalization
A person who leaves his or her one country and is unwilling to return
Refugee
A person who leaves one country to take up permanent residence in another country
Immigrant
One who moves within one’s country
Migrant
A group of persons bound together organically
Society
Principle of Catholic social teaching
Subsidiarity
Sum of spiritual, material, and social conditions needed for a person to achieve full human dignity
Common good
Virtue of social charity
Solidarity
A preferential love for the poor that allows one to see things from the perspective of the poor and powerless
Preferential option for the poor
God’s plan written into the way he made things
Natural law
An act or omission which of itself and by intention causes death, with the purpose of eliminating all suffering
Euthanasia
Intentional killing of oneself
Suicide
The beginning of human life
Conception
Deliberate killing of unborn human life by means of medical or surgical procedure
Abortion
Viewpoint of Catholic social teaching that calls for the respect of all human life
Consistent ethic of life
An unspecialized cell that has the potential to become any kind of body cell
Embryonic stem cells
Have the potency to become many different cells, but not at all
Adult stem cells
Execution of a criminal by a competent public authority
Capital punishment
Unsubstantiated or performed judgement about an idividual or group
Prejudice
Oversimplified generalization
Stereotype
Wrong opinion that one sex is superior to the other
Sexism
Prejudice exhibited against the elderly
Ageism
Prejudice manifested in word or deed against people of Jewish origin
Anti-Semitism
Blaming an individual or group for something that the individual or group is not responsible for doing
Scapegoating
Leads to the mistreatment of people based on their race
Racism
Legalized or tolerated in the very structures of society, favoring the majority and hindering the success of the minority
Institutional racism
Long-term policy in South America of strict racial segregation
Apartheid
