Theology Final Flashcards

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An important aspect of human action, a wide range of actions such as worship and prayer.

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Means

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Keep the Sabbath day holy.

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3rd Commandment

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3
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Removing real or simulated sexual acts from the intimacy of the partners in order to display them deliberately in film, photographs, or other media for the sexual gratification of others.

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Pornography

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4
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Marital infidelity in thought or deed, or sexual relations between two partners, at least one of whom is married to another party.

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Adultery

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5
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Act of saving or rescuing someone from sin or evil through the payment of ransom.

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Redemption

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A procedure where conception is attempted by placing sperm directly into the uterus through a thin catheter.

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Intrauterine Insemination

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Jesus Chris, someone who is believed to save others from danger, harm, & sin.

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Savior

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Virtues that are essential to living a good and moral life.

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Honor and Respect

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9
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The state of abstaining from sexual activity.

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Continence

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10
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God’s calling of all people to holiness.

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Universal Vocation

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11
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Do not idolize any other Gods but God.

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1st Commandment

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12
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Acquired primarily through our own effort.

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Human Virtue

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13
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Cannot be transferred to another person, examples being rights or qualities.

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Inalienable

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The quality of being worthy of honor or respect; possessing great value or worth. Also inheriting the worth & value of human beings & is often associated with the idea of the soul.

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Dignity

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15
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The neglect or refusal of God’s love in contradiction to the First Commandment. To be this is to lack concern or sympathy and not be personally invested in something one way or the other.

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Indifference

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16
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Worship of idols.

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Idolatry

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17
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The practice of taking on multiple wives.

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Polygamy

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18
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An ordinance of reason promulgated by a proper authority for the common good.

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Law

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19
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Sexual intercourse between an unmarried man and an unmarried woman.

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Fornication

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20
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Help given to us by God for the performance of good acts.

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Actual Grace

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21
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Signs of God’s grace that actually gives the grace they signify. Jesus founded seven: Baptism, Confirmation, Holy Eucharist, Penance and Reconciliation, Anointing of the Sick, Holy Orders, and Holy Matrimony.

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Sacraments

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22
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Refers to the objective nature of an action or behavior, as opposed to its subjective intentions or motives. In many religious traditions, this thing of an action is a key consideration in determining whether the action is morally right or wrong.

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Moral Object

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23
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Demonstrating one’s belief in the goodness and reliability of others.

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Trust

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24
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In glass / A procedure whereby a human being is conceived by taking eggs from a woman’s ovaries and combining them with a man’s semen (usually collected by masturbation) in a test tube (this term is Latin for “in glass”), and, after a few days of development, the growing embryos are then implanted in a woman’s uterus or frozen. Extra unwanted fertilized eggs are then destroyed.

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In Vitro

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25
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An important aspect of human life & is viewed as a way of living in accordance.

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Morality

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26
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Search out the facts, think about the alternatives & consequences, consult others, and pray to the lord for guidance.

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STOP Method

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27
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False statement about someone to tarnish their reputation.

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Calumny

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28
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The profaning or treating unworthily the Sacraments, other liturgical actions, as well as persons, things, or places consecrated to God. This is a grave sin especially when committed against the Eucharist.

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Sacrilege

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29
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The specific environmental factors surrounding an action, including its consequences. They are secondary qualities of a moral act and cannot change the moral quality of acts themselves (they cannot make an evil act good), but they can reduce or increase one’s culpability and can contribute to increasing or diminishing the objective moral goodness or evil of an action.

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Circumstance

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30
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Thou shall not commit adultery.

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6th Commandment

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31
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The means by which God’s law is written on our hearts.

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Virtue

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32
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Social principle that emphasizes the importance of local decision-making and the decentralization of power in society.

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Subsidiarity

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33
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A phrase describing the essential purposes of the marital embrace: the unitive purpose (the good of the spouses) and the procreative purpose (the generation and education of children).

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Dual Meaning of Human Sexuality

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34
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Practice of voluntarily refraining from certain activities or behaviors often for religious or spiritual reasons.

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Abstinence

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35
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The christian doctrine that there are three persons in one God.

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Trinity

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36
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A representation of a false god.

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Idol

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37
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The sum total of social conditions which allow people, either as groups or as individuals, to reach their fulfillment more fully and more easily.

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Common Good

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38
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The act of giving one’s word falsely or making a promise under oath without intending to keep it. It is a violation of the Second and Eighth Commandments.

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Perjury

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39
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The act of stealing. In law, the private, unlawful, felonious taking of another person’s goods or movables, with an intent to steal them.

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Theft

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40
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The free and undeserved gift of a share in God’s own life. It is a stable disposition, which means we remain in this state unless we lose the divine life through mortal sin. We first receive this at Baptism, it is strengthened through the other Sacraments, and restored through the Sacrament of Penance and Reconciliation.

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Sanctifying Grace

41
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Act of creating or altering a document, signature and other item.

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Forgery

42
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This refers to a behavior or action that is considered less serious than mortal sin, but still violates a moral law or principle.

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Venial Sin

43
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This refers to a behavior or action that violates a moral law or principle, such as the Ten Commandments or the Golden Rule.

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Mortal Sin

44
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This refers to a specific behavior or action that is considered morally wrong or offensive to God.

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Personal Sin

45
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This refers to the idea that all human beings are born with a sinful nature as a result of the disobedience of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden.

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Original Sin

46
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Expressing one’s values and beliefs.

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Norms

47
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A division caused by differences in belief. Among sins against the First Commandment, this is the refusal of submission to the pope or of communion with the members of the Church subject to him.

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Schism

48
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Do not say the Lords name in vain.

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2nd Commandment

49
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Refers to the fundamental truths or guide that people use to guide their behavior.

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Principles

50
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Honor thy father and mother. (which includes just authority)

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4th Commandment

51
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Employs lies and/or deception in order to convince others of the truth of one’s own religion or specific religious claims.

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Fraud

52
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An important aspect of the human experience, an opportunity for growth.

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Emotions

53
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A phrase that describes the Christian family, the original cell of society where we first learn the Faith.

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Domestic Church

54
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The quality of being virtous and is often associated with concepts such as honesty.

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Moral Goodness

55
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The obstinate denial after Baptism of a truth which must be believed with divine and Catholic faith.

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Heresy

56
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Religious concept that refers to the compassion, forgiveness, and love that is believed to be at the heart of God’s nature.

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Divine Mercy

57
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State of being free from external constraints or limitations.

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Freedom

58
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The sin of assuming we can save ourselves through our own efforts, or of expecting God’s forgiveness even if we do not repent of our sins and turn back to Him. This breaks the First Commandment.

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Presumption

59
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The intentional damaging of someone’s reputation through the spread of falsehoods. This term is typically applied to the media and publications.

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Defamation

60
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Thou shall not steal.

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7th Commandment

61
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Is often viewed as expressing one’s beliefs.

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Authority

62
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Spiritual sloth, or refusing the joy that comes from God and instead feeling repelled by divine goodness.

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Acedia

63
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The true integration of sexuality within a person’s bodily and spiritual being. It includes an apprenticeship in self-mastery. Each of us is called to this.

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Chastity

64
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The expression and effect of personal sins in social situations and institutions that are contrary to the divine goodness, whereby a society collectively commits itself to destructive ways.

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Structural Sin

65
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The state of abstaining from Marriage.

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Celibacy

66
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The third person of the Holy trinity.

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Holy Spirit

67
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Refers to the state of mind or will behind an action or decision.

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Intention

68
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Speech, thought, or action involving contempt, hatred, or defiance against God, His Church, or the saints or other persons or things dedicated to God.

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Blasphemy

69
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Those things we legitimately own, including our material possessions and the fruits of our labor. This helps guarantee the freedom and dignity of persons and helps us take care of ourselves and our families.

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Property

70
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Absence or rejection of religious belief or practice.

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Irreligion

71
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Pope St. John Paul II’s phrase expressing how the human body includes right from the beginning the capacity of expressing love, specifically the love in which the person becomes a gift and by means of this gift fulfills the meaning of his being and existence.

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Spousal Meaning of the Body

72
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Thou shall not kill.

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5th Commandment

73
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Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor goods. (be envious or jealous)

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10th Commandment

74
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The practice of artificially impregnating a woman who then carries and delivers the baby (to whom she may or may not be biologically related) in order to then give the baby to an infertile person or couple)

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Surrogacy

75
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unfaithfulness.

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Infidelity

76
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Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor’s spouse.

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9th Commandment

77
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A call from God to a permanent state of life: ordained priesthood, consecrated religious life, or Marriage. All people have this from God in order to love and to be holy.

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Vocation

78
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Qualities or characteristics that are seen as fundamental aspects of human nature.

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Inherent

79
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Refer to wages that are inadequate or unfair, do not provide workers with a living wage.

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Unjust Wages

80
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The reward which God promises and gives to those who love Him and by His grace perform good works. One cannot use this for justification or eternal life, which are the free gift of God; the source of any of this that we have before God is due to the grace of Christ in us.

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Merit

81
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Blessing or promise of happiness that is pronounced by Jesus.

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Beatitude

82
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The practice of taking someone else’s work or ideas and passing them off as one’s own.

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Plagiarism

83
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Deliberate stimulation of the genital organs in order to derive sexual pleasure.

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Masturbation

84
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Mediators, messengers, and political social leaders.

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Graces and Understanding of the effects of Baptism and Confirmation Roles of Priest, Prophet and King

85
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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.

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Conscience

86
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Goal and aid to live it.

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Moral Life

87
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Gifts infused by God into the souls of the faithful to make them capable of acting as His children and meriting eternal life. They are faith, hope, and charity (or love).

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Theological Virtue

88
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Principles and ideals that people hold to be important.

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Values/Beliefs

89
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Refers to a being that is made up of multiple parts or elements.

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Composite Being

90
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Thou shalt not bear false witness against your neighbor. (ex: detraction)

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8th Commandment

91
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Ability to understand and connect with the divine.

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Intellect

92
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Principles and ideals that people hold to be important.

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Beliefs/Values

93
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An authoritarian form of government in which personal freedoms are suppressed by an all-powerful ruler.

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Fascism

94
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The practice of artificially impregnating a woman who then carries and delivers the baby (to whom she may or may not be biologically related) in order to then give the baby to an infertile person or couple.

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Surrogacy

95
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Ability to make choices and decisions that are not predetermined by factors such as genetics.

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Free Will

96
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Using force/violence to protect oneself or others.

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Self Defense

97
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Refers to the belief that God became human in the person of Jesus christ.

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Incarnation

98
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The free and undeserved gift of His own divine life that God gives us to human person.

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Grace

99
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The fair and equitable treatment of all people according to the principles of righteousness.

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Justice