FOLLOWING AND FORMING OUR CONSCIENCE Flashcards
Level of Christian conscience where good is rewarded and bad is punished
Instinctive level
Conscience which reviews, evaluates an action which has already been done.
Consequent
3 moral obligation to our conscience
- Form
- Inform
- Transform
Is the faculty which manifest this moral obligation in a concrete situation
Conscience
What are we morally obliged to do and avoid?
Do good and avoid evil
Vatican II declares that in the depths of our conscience, we detect a law which we do not impose upon ourselves, but which holds us to obedience
Moral Conscience
Allows us to go beyond the law and defend basic human values
Conscience
Conscience which discerns. (Before the act)
Antecedent
Is not a law unto itself but uses objective moral laws and values to discern moral good and evil
Conscience
Where will formation (formed conscience) lead to?
Transformation
Conscience in action. “Am I doing the right thing?” (During the act)
Concomitant
3 levels of Christian conscience
- Instinctive level
- Ethical or moral stage
- Christian level
It describes the God-given law built into our human nature
Conscience
Actions as a great response of faith to achieve the fullness of life
Christian level
Good or evil of acts is not dependent on the approval or disapproval of others
Ethical or moral stage