Principles of Christian Morality Flashcards
Principal Sources of Christian Morality
- Holy scripture
- Sacred Tradition
- Magisterium
- Signs of the times
“All scripture is inspired by God and can profitably use for teaching, refuting error, for guiding people’s lives and teaching them to be holy. This is how the man dedicated to God becomes fully equipped and ready for any good work”
Holy Scriptures
Vatican ll teaches that the _______________ should be the soul, as it were, of all theology.
Holy Scripture
The ___________ is the source of all saving truth and moral teaching.
gospel
St. Paul writes, “So then, brothers and sisters, stand firm and hold fast to the traditions that you were taught by us. Either by word of mouth or by our letter”
Sacred Tradition
____________________, then are bound closely together, and communicate one with the other. For both of them, flowing out from the same divine well-spring, come together in some fashion to form one thing, and move towards the same goal.
Scared Tradition and the Sacred Scripture
________________ is the speech of God as it is put down in writing under the breath of the Holy Spirit. And ___________ transmits it entirely the word which has been entrusted to the apostles by the Christ the Lord and the Holy Spirit. It transmits it to the successors of the apostles so that, enlightened by the spirit of truth, they may faithfully preserve, expound and spread it abroad by their preaching. Thus it comes about that the church does not draw her certainty about all revealed truths from the Holy Scriptures alone.
Sacred Scripture; tradition
This is the teaching authority of the Church
Magisterium
The __________________________________ are given highest importance in addressing moral issues.
teachings of the councils and pope’s infallibility
this is the argument of reason or rational reflection on the human experiences of the human community in light of a true human flourishing.
Signs of the Times
Models of Christian Moral life
- theological model
- deontological model
- relational model
________________ (Catholicism, pp. 921-923) presented three different models of the Christian moral life in the theological literature: the theological, the deontological, and the relational.
Richard McBrien
views the Christian moral life in terms of the goal or end (Greek – “_______” which means ________) to be achieved, namely, eternal union with God
theological model; telos; goal
Something is good if it leads to the achievement of the goal, and evil if it prevents one from achieving it.
theological model
____________ is a classic exponent of the theological model of the Christian life.
Thomas Aquinas
views the Christian moral life primarily in terms of duty (Greek – “__________” which means ________), law, or obligation.
Deontological model; deon; duty
ex. of deontological model
The categorical imperative of Emmanuel Kant
The ______________, developed especially in the writings of _______________, views the Christian moral life primarily in terms of the Christian multiple relations with God, neighbor, world, and self.
relational model; Bernard Haring
Contemporary biblical studies indicate that it is the _____________ that is the primary in the Christian moral Life.
relational model
one should know that the absolute and definitive norm of humanity is?
Jesus Christ
He is standard and model of moral life as the following of Christ in all our daily free actions, values and attitudes, empowered by Christ liberating and transforming presence, through the grace of his spirit, within the Christian Community.
Jesus Christ
is the source of al saving truth and moral teaching
gospel
intervenes not only in the sphere of faith, but also, inseparably so, in the sphere of morals.
Church magisterium
carries out an important work of vigilance, warning the faithful of the presence of possible errors, even merely implicit one, when their consciences fail to acknowledge the correctness and the truth of the moral norms.
magisterium
