Theology 2nd Quarter Flashcards by Heart Flores

Moral conscience, present at the heart of the person, enjoins him at the appropriate moment to do good and to avoid evil.

True or false?

TRUE

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It judges particular choices, approving those that are good and denouncing those that are evil.

It bears witness to the authority of truth in reference to the ——— ——— to which the human person is drawn, and it welcomes the commandments.

What is missing?

Supreme good

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is a judgment of reason whereby the human person recognizes the moral quality of a concrete act that he is going to perform, is in the process of performing, or has already completed.
What is stated?

Conscience

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In all he says and does, man is obliged to follow faithfully what he knows to be just and right.

TRUE OR FALSE?

TRUE

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In all he says and does, man is not obliged to follow faithfully what he knows to be just and right.

TRUE O FALSE?

FALSE

In all he says and does,
man is obliged to follow
faithfully what he knows
to be just and right.

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The term ——— clarifies the precise nature of conscience: it is a moral judgment about man and his actions, a judgment either of acquittal or of condemnation, according as human acts are in conformity or not with the law of God written on the

Conflicting thoughts

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It is by the judgment of his conscience that man perceives and recognizes the prescriptions of the divine law. CCC, 1778
TRUE OR FALSE?

TRUE

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It is by the judgment of his conscience that man perceives and recognizes the prescriptions of the natural law. CCC, 1778

TRUE OR FALSE?

FALSE

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The sanctuary of man, where he is alone with God whose voice echoes within him”. This voice, it is said, leads man not so much to a meticulous observance of universal norms as to a creative and responsible acceptance of the personal tasks entrusted to him by God.”

TRUE OR FALSE?

TRUE

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The importance of this interior dialogue of man with himself can never be adequately appreciated. But it is also a dialogue of man with God, the author of the law, the primordial image and final end of man. VS, 58

TRUE OR FALSE?

TRUE

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The importance of this interior dialogue of man with himself can never be adequately appreciated. But it is also a ——————————, the author of the law, the primordial image and final end of man. VS, 58

a dialogue of man with God

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a tendency in human thought and action which tries to detect structures of authority, domination, and hierarchy and to challenge them to demonstrate their legitimacy, recognizing that they are not self justifying.

Anarchism

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The law is only limited to legislative and judicial domain, true or false?

False
The law is not limited to:

A legislative or judicial domain
● Commands, obligations, moral
imperatives
● Controlling what other people are free
to do.

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Two elements of LAW ACCORDING TO THOMAS AQUINAS

Law is an ordinance of reason
Law is an ordering to the common good

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4 types of law

Eternal Law
Natural Law
Divine Positive Law
Human Law

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the order of creation as it preexists in the divine mind.
What law is stated?

Eternal Law

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the rational creature’s participation in the eternal law; this plan of God is implanted in rational creatures in a special way. What kind of Law?

Natural Law

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5 Principles of Natural Inclinations
G S S K L

a. To good (to what perfects us)
b. To self-preservation
c. To sexual union
d. To knowing the truth
e. To living in society

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Properties of Natural Law

Universal
Superego
Indispensable
Immutable and dynamic

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Binds all men all times and in all paces for it is the verry nature of men. What property of natural law is stated?

Universal

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the ‘conscience’ part of
personality, which contains parental and societal values and attitudes incorporated during childhood; “The Ought Principle” What properties of natural law?

Superego

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man has no authority over natural law; God is the source of natural law
What property of Natural Law?

Indispensable

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exists for as long as human nature exists; changes in the condition of man results in modified o new demands of the Natural Law.
what property of natural law?

Immutable and Dynamic

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what God has revealed through divine revelation in the OT and NT about how human beings should live in order to come to the supernatural good of heaven.
What law?

Divine Positive Law

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application or determination of the natural law on various levels in particular community. What kind of law?

Human Law

what are the church laws?

1. To hear mass on Sundays and Holy Days of Obligation. 2. To fast and abstain on the days appointed. 3. To confess at least once a year. 4. To receive the Holy Eucharist during Easter Time. 5. To contribute to the support of the Church. 6. To never violate laws concerning marriage.

is a judgement of reason whereby the human person recognizes the moral quality of a concrete act that he is going to perform, is in the process of performing, or has already completed

Conscience

it is a moral judgment about man and his actions, a judgment either of acquittal or of condemnation, according as human

Conflicting thoughts

Types of conscience CE

Correct conscience Erroneous Conscience

a settled habit caused by sinful action which disposes to further sinful action.

Vice

inordinate action that discords with truth and goodness in its intention, object, and circumstances; failure to live the Great Commandment to love God, others, and self.

SIn

inordinate action that discords with truth and goodness in its intention, object, and circumstances; failure to live the Great Commandment to love God, others, and self.

SIn

it is a question of the objective truth received by man. What type of conscience?

Correct conscience

— it is a question of what man, mistakenly, subjectively considers to be true. What type of conscience?

Erroneous Conscience

sins of action, whether in thought, word, or deed. what sin?

Sin of commission

sins of inaction, whether in thought, word, or deed, e.g. omitting to care for someone, like a child or against an elderly. What sin?

Sins of omission

those sins that turn is directly away from God.

Mortal sin

3 CONDITIONS OF MORTAL SIN

Grave matter Venial sins

one commits venial sin when: he does not observe the standard prescribed by the moral law; he disobeys the moral law in a grave matter but without full knowledge.

Venial sins

As specified by the Ten COmmandments.

Grave matter

Two parts of grave sin

full knowledge complete consent

one commits —— sin when: he does not observe the standard prescribed by the moral law; he disobeys the moral law in a grave matter but without full knowledge.

venial sin

they are called ——-because they engender other sins, other vices; the seven capital sins are: pride, avarice(greed), envy, wrath, sloth, lust, and gluttony.

Capital sin

All individualized according to our carnal dispositions, e.g., others are more tempted to gluttony, sins of the flesh, etc.

Temptations

Inordinate action that discords with truth and goodness in its intention, object, and circumstances

Sin

Every sin for him is an inordinate act

aquinas

The kind of human thought and action that tries to detect and challenge structures of authority is called Legalism. Legalism is the effort to discover problems in the legal system and tries to change them. are both statements true or false?

Both False

The law is only considered as a legislative or judicial domain. The law is also a ruler which measures ones actions. TT, TF, FT, FF

The law is about the application of the rational principle of order. The law is also a teacher. TT, TF, FT, FF

The law is a reasonable ordinance according to St. Thomas Aquinas. Reasonable ordinance means it is given by elected authorities. TT,TF,FT,FF

The law is given by an constituted authority. Constituted means that the law is made known to everyone concerned. TT,TF,FT,FF

total change or turn of heart; turning away from sin and turning towards God; an experience of being in love with God without reservations; reorientation of one’s life to Christ who is made the center and model of one’s life.

Metanoia

Conversion does not happen overnight

➢ It is a particular act ➢ A lifelong process ➢ A daily event

Three parts of moral virtues

Courage Temperance Generosity

What does courage do as a moral virtue?

regulates fear and confidence

What does temperance do as a virtue?

Regulates bodily pains and pleasures

What does the virtue generosity do as a virtue?

helps us give and spend money well

is a good quality of the mind by which we live righteously of which no one can make bad use, which God works in us and without us.

Virtue

is a habit of the mind, whereby eternal life is begun in us, making the intellect assent to what is not apparent.

fAITH

Two objects of faith

Material Object of faith - God himself Formal Object of faith - God as truths

Threefold dynamic of faith

1. Believing in a God (Credere Deum) — We believe that there is a God. 2. Believing God (Crede Deo) — We believe in God as the trustworthy witness of his truth. 3. Believing unto God (Credere in Deum) — We believe in faith in God, unto union with him in the knowledge that he establishes with us.

Two fold dynamic of love

Love of concupscience Love of benevolence

Cardinal Virtues

Prudence Justice Temperance Fortitude

an intellectual virtue that perfects the practical reason. It is right reason about things to be done (recta ratio agibilium). what cardinal virtue?

Prudence

The perpetual and constant perpetual will to render each one his due. ● Giving what is due to God (religion) and to fellowman. ● Justice and mercy always go together: “The Lord if merciful and just” (Ps 116: 5) What cardinal virtue?

Justice

The virtuous moderation of sense pleasure: pleasures of the flesh, food, drink, all of which can be good when experienced in accord with reason. What cardinal virtue?

Temperance

the stable disposition to do the right thing in the face of fear. What kind of cardinal virtue?

Fortitude

sin against charity

hatred

sin against joy

sloth, envy

sin against peace

war, discord, etc.