NATURAL LAW

Question 1

A diminican friar and one of the figures who have fundamentally shaped the way we understand the Christian Faith

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Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274)

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Aquinas’ voluminous work that comprehensively discusses many significant points in Christian theology

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Summa Theologiae (magnum opus)

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Aquianas speaks of God, and although we acknowledge that are limited human intellect cannot fully grasp Him, we nevertheless are able to say something concerning His goodness

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First part of Summa Theologiae

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Deals with the man or dynamic of human life. Characterized by our pursuit of happiness.

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Second part of Summa Theologiae

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This part focuses on Jesus as our Savior

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Third part, Summa Theologiae

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This arise from our habits and at tje same time develop and reinforce them

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Actions

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Grounding that will concretely direct our sense of what is right and wrong

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Natural Law

Question 8

God creates. Central belief of Christian faith.

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Neoplatonic Good

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The Idea of the Good. Excerpt from “The Republic”

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Plato

Question 10

Plato is trying to envision the ideal society

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The Republic

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The Good and the One. Excerpt from “The Enneads”

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Plotinus

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Any being we see around is corporeal, possessed of a certain materiality or physical “stuff”

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Material Cause

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The “shape” that makes a being a particular kind can be called its form.

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Formal Cause

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There is something which brings about the presence of another being.

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Efficient Cause

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A being has apparent end or goal.

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Final Cause

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Four Causes. Excerpt from the “Physics”

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Aristotle

Question 17

Potency and Act are introduced as new pair of principles by who

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Aristotle

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Potentials

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Potency

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Actualization/actualized

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Act

Question 20

It refers to how beings are properly ordered and even guided toward their proper end

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Divine Providence

Question 21

Consider what is good for the community as well as our own personal good

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Common Good

Question 22

The determination of the proper measure of our acts can be referred to as what?

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Law

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Rules and laws to be communicated to the people involved in order to enforce them and to better ensure compliance

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Promulgation

Question 24

Assertion that the divine wisdom that directs each being toward its end can be called what

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Eternal Law

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Refers to what God wills for creation, how each participant in it is intended to return to Him.

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Eternal Law

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Participation of the eternal law in the rational creature is called what?

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Natural Law

Question 27

Refers to all instances wherein the human beings construct and enforce laws in their communities

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Human Law

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Refers specifically to the instances where we have percepts or instructions that come from divine revelation

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Divine Law

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The Natural Law. Summa Theologiae

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Thomas Aquinas

Question 30

We know we pursue the truth

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Epistemic concern

Question 31

We know we live in relation to others

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Social concern

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Natural inclinations by Aquinas

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1. Desire to preserve our being
2. Sexual act and its fecundity
3. Use of reason