S2 Unit 4 Vocab Flashcards
Amoral
Having or showing no concern about whether behavior is morally right or wrong
Beatitudes
The teachings of Jesus during the Sermon on the Mount in which he describes the actions and attitudes that should characterize Christians and by which one can discover genuine meaning and happiness
Character
One of the attributes or features that make up and distinguish an individual.
Conscience
The “interior voice” of a person, a God-given internal sense of what is morally wrong or right. Conscience leads people to understand themselves as responsible for their actions and prompts them to do good and avoid evil. To make good judgements, and one needs to have a well formed conscience
Decalogue
Another name for the Ten Commandments. Also called the Law or the Law of Moses
Doctrine
An official teaching of the Church based on the revelation of God by and through Christ
Free will
The gift from God that allows human beings to chose from among various actions, for which we are held accountable. It is the basis for moral responsibility
Good
Conduct that conforms to an accepted standard of right and wrong.
Great Commmandments
Jesus’s summary of the entire Law as the love of God and the love of neighbor
Immoral
The quality or state of unending everlasting life; the Catholic doctrine that the human soul survives the death of the body and remains in existence, to be reunited with the body at the final resurrection
Infallibility
The gift of the Holy Spirt to the whole Church by which the leaders of the Church the Pope and the bishops in union with him are protected from fundamental error when formulating a specific teaching on a matter of faith and morals.
License
Freedom that allows or is used with irresponsibility
Magisterium
The official teaching authority of the church whose task is to interpret and preserve the truths of salvation revealed in both Sacred Scripture and Sacred Tradition
Precepts of the Church
Sometimes called the commandments of the church, these are obligations for all Catholics that are dictated by the laws of the church
Morality
Dealing with the goodness or evil of human acts, attitudes, and values; involves matters such as right judgement, decision- making skills, personal freedom, and responsibility
Mortal sin
An action so contrary to the will of God that it results in a complete separation from him and his grace. To be mortal sin requires three conditions : it must involve grave matter, the person must have full knowledge of the evil of the act, and the person must give his or her full consent of committing the act
Natural law
Our god given instinct to be in right relationship with God, other people, the world, and ourselves. The basis for natural law is our participation in God’s wisdom and goodness becasue we are created in the divine likeness. The fundamental expressions of natural law remain fixed and unchanging, which is why natural law is the foundation for both personal morality and civil norms
New law
The law of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, it is a law of love, grace, and freedom. It is distinguished from the Old law, or the Law of Moses
Non-moral
Not falling into or existing in the sphere of morals or ethics
Old law
The law of Morse, the Ten Commandments. It contrasts with the New Law of the Gospel
Right relationship
When a person is in right relationship with god and others, he is living out a covenant lifestyle. A covenant is a scared, solemn agreement between human beings, or between God and human beings. In this relationship both parties are committed to each other
Vice
A practice or a habit that leads to person to sin
Virtue
A good habit, one that creates within us a kind of inner readiness or attraction to move toward or accomplish mortal good. The theological virtues are faith, hope, and love
Relativism
A theory that knowledge is relative to the limited nature of the mind and conditions of knowing
Sin of omission
A sinful failure to perform an action
Social sin
The collective effect of sin over time, which corrupts society and its institutions by created “structures of sin”. Examples of social sin are racism, sexism, and poverty
Object
Something material that may be perceived by the senses
Intention
What one intends to do or bring about
Circumstance
A condition, fact, or event accompanying, conditioning, or determining another : an essential or inevitable concomitant
Culpability
Responsibility for wrongdoing or failure: the quality or state of being culpable
Guilt
The fact of having committed a breach of conduct especially violating law and involving a penalty
Mitigating
To cause to become less harsh or hostile
