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Vocabulary 1 Flashcards

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Actual Grace

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supernatural, free, and undeserved help from God that is given for specific circumstances to do good and avoid evil

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Amorality

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Outside the sphere of moral sense; an attitude that lacks any moral orientation, dispensing from all moral norms; attitudes or orientations not characterized as either good or evil.

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Beatitude

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Happiness or blessedness, especially the eternal happiness of Heaven, which is the vision of God and a participation in the divine nature. This is the greatest human desire.

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Christian Morality

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Moral norms to be followed because a Christian is incorporated into Christ through Baptism.

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Christian Vocation

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God’s call to each person by which he is incorporated into Christ through grace and becomes a member of the Mystical Body of Christ. As one of God’s people, he partakes in the life of the Church

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Christianity

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A name derived from Christ, the Anointed One. The set of beliefs, practices, and morals in imitation of and commanded by Jesus Christ.

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Disciples

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latin- discere “to learn”. One who accepted Jesus’ message to follow him, especially one of the Twelve; or also a Christian of any age because he is a follower of Christ.

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Encyclical

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A letter written by the pope to all the world’s bishops and occasionally to the faithful. It usually expounds on some aspect of Church teaching.

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Freedom

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The power rooted in reason and the will, to act or not to act, and so to perform deliberate actions on one’s own responsibility. Conformity to God.

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Free Will

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This gift from God includes the power of directing one’s own actions without constraint. This makes possible the choice to love God.

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Grace

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The free and unmerited favor of God given first of all through the sacraments. Grace is a share in the divine life infused into the soul by the Holy Spirit to heal from sin and to sanctify.

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Holiness

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Spiritual perfection or purity because of likeness unto God who is perfectly holy. The free dedication of a Christian to the will of God and the participation in the life of grace it is a perfection of charity. It is also referred to as sanctity, saintliness, and sacredness.

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Immorality

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A quality, character, or conduct in violation of moral law.

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Infallibility

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Immunity from error and any possibility of air. The pope in bishops union with him are infallible.

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Law of Christ

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Any interior law that stems from grace–in connection with life in Jesus–and becomes a norm or impulse for imitating Christ and acting like him.

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Love (Charity)

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The theological virtue by which a Christian loves God above all things for His own sake, and loves his neighbor as himself for the love of God.

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Lumen Gentium

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Latin name for the “Dogmatic Constitution on Church” a key document from the Second Vatican Council.

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Blessed

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As used in the Beatitudes, it means “bliss” – a reference to the ultimate happiness in heaven.

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Concupiscence

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Human appetites or desires remained disordered due to the temporal consequences of Original Sin. This remains even after Baptism and constitute an inclination to sin. Also used to refer to desires resulting from strong sensual urges or other things of the world.

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Conscientious Objection

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A personal appeal that to carry out a particular action that has been ordered by legitimate authority would be against one’s own conscience.

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Culpable

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The quality of being guilty or deserving punishment for participation in sin.

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Deliberation

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The premeditation or forethought that weighs one’s options before making a moral act.

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Doubtful Conscience

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Judgment of conscience that occurs when there is doubt about the good or evil of an act done or omitted. Unless one is required to act immediately, the person is required to determine the moral rectitude of an act before acting on a doubtful conscience.

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Evil

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That which is opposed to the moral law and thus entails sin.

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Examination of conscience

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Prayerful self reflection on one’s words and deeds in light of the gospel to determine how one has sinned against God. This is necessary to prepare for the Sacrament of Penance..

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Freedom of excellence

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The power to act freely in the pursuit of human perfection.

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Full knowledge

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The clear and deliberate knowledge of the merit or sinfulness of an action. It is required as a condition before a person can be guilty of sin.

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Human act

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An act that is performed with both knowledge and free will. Human acts, depending upon the degree of knowledge and freedom involved in their commission, are either morally good or morally evil.

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Ignorance

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The lack of knowledge.

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Indirect responsibility

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The attribution of a secondary effect that follows as a natural result of the primary effect.

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Invincible ignorance

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Ignorance that cannot be overcome by ordinary diligence. The guilt of a sin committed under invincible ignorance is not imputed to the center. This ignorance can be a lack of knowledge, either of fact or of law, scarcity or evidence, insufficient time or talent in the person, or some other fact.

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Moral act

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Any human act that has a moral content and involves deliberation and choice.

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Partial knowledge

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Knowledge that is incomplete due to the presence of some obstacle inferring with a moral judgment.

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Prudence

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The ability to discern the most suitable and moral course of action.

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Responsibility

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The demand for an account of ozone’s acts; it includes accepting the consequences of those acts.

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Subjective morality

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Moral standards that are not universal but are decided upon by the individuals involved.

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Invincible ignorance

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Lack of knowledge for which the person is morally responsible due to the lack of diligence.

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Pilots

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Coercion or the application of an external force against a person’s will.

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Circumstances

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The condition or state of affairs surrounding a moral decision; these include the consequences of an action. Circumstances can increase or diminish the responsibility of a person, but they cannot change the moral quality of the acts themselves; they never make good an act which is in itself evil.

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Civil government

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The proper authority for governing and enforcing laws at the local, municipal, state, or national level.

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Civil Law

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A rule of conduct imposed by civil authority; the body of such rules binding on members under control of the authority whether from formal enactment or custom.

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Common good

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The total of social conditions that will allow both individuals and groups to reach their human and spiritual fulfillment more easily.

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Consequentialism

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An ethical system that determines the level of goodness or evil from the effect or result of an act.

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Ecclesiastical government

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The Church’s own governing body, such as diocese, national Bishops’ conferences, or the Holy See.

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End (of an action)

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The primary goal of the intention and the purpose pursued and an action.

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Equality of proportion

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Principle that the burden of law must be shared by all.

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Eternal law

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God’s wisdom as manifested in the nature of acts and movements.

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Fundamental option

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The free and responsible choice a person makes to orient, and a radical manner, his whole existence in a moral direction towards a good or evil.

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Human law

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Law promulgated by human authority, either civil or ecclesiastical. In order to be legitimate, human law must be consistent with laws of God, conform to the natural law, and promote the good of society.

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Intention (of an action)

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A movement of the will towards an end.

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Just law

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An ordinance of reason that exist for the common good, having been made by legitimate authority and legislated through an appropriate and recognized process.

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Law

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An ordinance of reason that exist for the common good come having been made by legitimate process.

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Law of Grace

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The New Law ushered in by Christ

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Law of nature

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Descriptions of the behavior of the material universe.

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Legitimate authority

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Hey recognized an official authority in civil or ecclesiastical law.

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Object (of an action)

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That toward which the will directs itself. This is distinct from the intention that a person has when performing the act.

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Abstinence

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For first to the obligation to abstain from something, typically food or drink. Every Friday is a day of penitence in the Catholic Church; and Catholics are specifically obliged trip stain from meet on Ash Wednesday and every Friday of Lent.

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Actual sin

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A thought, word, deed, or omission contrary to God eternal law. It is a human act that presumes (a) knowledge of wrongdoing; (b) awareness of malice in one’s conduct; and (c) consent of the will. It damages a person’s relationship with God.

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Beatitude

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Happiness for blessedness, especially the eternal happiness of Heaven, which is the vision of God in partaking of the divine nature. This is the greatest human desire.

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Beatitudes

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The teachings of Jesus in the sermon on the Mount on the meaning and way to true happiness (Mt. 5:3-12). These are at the heart of Jesus’ preaching and fulfill the promises of God starting with Abraham.

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Commandment

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A norm of moral or religious action. The 10 commandments were given by God through Moses.

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Concupiscence

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Human appetites or desires remained disordered due to the temporal consequences of Original Sin. This remains even after baptism and constitutes an inclination to sin. This term is often used to referred to desires resulting from strong sensual urges attachment to created things.

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Conversion

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A radical reorientation of one’s whole life away from sin and evil and toward God. This is a central element of Christ’s preaching, of the churches ministry of evangelization, end of the sacrament of reconciliation.

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Covenant

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Hey Selma agreement between people or between God and man involving mutual commitments and guarantees.

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Decalogue

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Greek– “ten sayings”. The 10 commandments given by God through Moses.

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Divine revelation

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Divine revelation is primarily God’s communication of his divine life, so that man can know him and thereby respond to his love. The culmination of divine revelation centers on Jesus Christ, the son of God made man. The truths of divine revelation are transmitted through Scripture and Tradition.

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Fasting

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Mortification by deprivation of food. This is an ancient religious practice that denies the desires of the flesh in order to strengthen the spirit.

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Formal Cooperation

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A deliberate assistant to another person in the commission of evil.

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Habitual sin

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A permanent state of culpability caused by the frequent commission of actual sins.

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Holy Days of Obligation

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A Sunday or other feast day of importance that Christians are obliged to keep holy. Minimally, attending Mass and refraining from activities that impede the worship of God are expected.

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Idolatry

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The worship or adoration due God alone paid to images “made with hands” or any created object; this is for bidding by the First Amendment. This is distinct from veneration given to St. and holy objects implicitly allowed by the Incarnation is defined at the Seventh Ecumenical Council (Nicaea II, AD 787).

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Imperfect contribution

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Attrition. Sorrow of the soul and detestation for the sin committed together with the resolution not to sin again as a result of being sorry for sins due to fear of God’s punishment.

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Intrinsic evil

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An act that is evil in and of itself and never justifiable, Regardless of situation or circumstance.

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Justice

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One of the four cardinal virtues come this refers to an observance of the divine law. This virtue is used to administer to God and each person his due.

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Kingdom of God

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There are two senses of this term. There is the heavenly kingdom of God, heaven itself; there is also the call to establish the kingdom of God on earth, which means to work toward a the World of complete love, harmony, peace, and justice.

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Magisterium

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The name given to the ordinary and universal teaching authority of the pope and the bishops in communion with him, Guide to the members of the church without error in matters of faith and morals through the interpretation of Sacred Scripture and Tradition.

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Material cooperation

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An action that plays a role in an evil deed but lacks the deliberate consent to that same cooperative action.

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Mortal sin

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A grave offense against God that destroys a person’s relationship with him by severing that person from divine love. It destroys charity in the heart of man; it turns man away from God, who is his ultimate end in his beatitude, But preferring an interior good to him.

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New Covenant

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The new “dispensation” or order, established by God in Jesus Christ come to succeed and perfect the Old Covenant.

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Occasion of sin

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A person, place, thing, or situation that generally leads to temptation.

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Old Covenant

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The Mosaic Law, encapsulated as the 10 Commandments, and it stipulation from God to the Israelites that “I will be your God, and you will be my people.”

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Perfect contrition

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Sorrow of the soul and detestation for the sin committed together with the resolution not to sin again as a result of being sorry for since due to a love God above all else.

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Personal sin

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Send the results from deliberation an act of the will with knowledge.

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Physical evil

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And evil that is committed by an act as opposed to an interior attitude.

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Redemption

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The possibility of spending eternity in Heaven, made possible by the Incarnation, Death, and Resurrection of Jesus Christ.

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Repentance

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True sorrow for one’s own sins and the firm resolution to avoid all sin in the future.

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Righteousness

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Justice; a brightness; conformity of life to the requirements of the divine or moral law; virtue; integrity.

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Sacrament of Reconciliation

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Also called Penance or Confession. The sacrament by which Christ forgives sins. Jesus gave his Apostles– who passed it on to their successors down to this day– the power to forgive and retain sins. This sacrament is administered only by bishops and priests.

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