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literally means ten words |
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Jesus fulfilled the Ten commandments by |
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The Decalogue takes on its full meaning |
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Jesus preached that the letter of the law |
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was not in and of itself sufficient |
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Commandments show that moral existence is |
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response to God's loving initiative. Basically a person accepts God's offer of a relationship by remaining faithful to his commands |
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In division and numbering of the commandments, the church follows |
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St. Augustine's division and numbering |
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The two tablets shed light on one another and form a unity |
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to transgress one commandment is to infringe on another |
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The commandments belong to God's revelation but also |
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contain a privileged expression of the natural law |
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Because the commandment express the responsibilities of man before God, they are also |
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grave obligations which are always binding. |
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Man's vocation is to make |
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God manifest by acting in the image and likeness of God |
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If we acknowledge the God is who he says he is, |
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then the rest necessarily follows. |
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refusing to believe or hold as true what God has revealed and the Church proposes for belief |
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Hesitation in believing, difficulty in overcoming objections connected with the faith. |
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confident expectation of divine blessing and beatific vision |
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One ceases to hope for salvation |
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obtaining forgiveness without personal conversion. |
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Indifference, Ingratitude, Lukewarmness, Acedia (spiritual sloth), Hatred |
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first act of the virtue of religion, acknowledges the nothingness of the creature, and praises God. |
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whereby a person lifts his heart and mind to God in adoration, praise, thanksgiving, intercession and petition. And gives man the help he needs to obey God. |
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Every action done to cling to God. Christ is the only perfect sacrifice which brings salvation for all mankind. |
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deliberate and free act of devotion in which a Christian dedicates himself to God or promises him some good work. A vow is different than a promise. |
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Sins against the first commandment |
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Superstition, Idolatry, Divination and magic, Irreligion - tempting God, Atheism, Agnosticism. |
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Do not take the Lords name in vain. The very name of God is holy, also refers to Mary and Saints. abuse is forbidden. |
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consists of uttering hatred, reproach, or defiance against God |
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God rested on the seventh day from all his labors and man is directed to do the same. |
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Gods action is the model for human action. Resting on the 7th day helps everyone to enjoy reset, leisure to cultivate familial, cultural, social and religious lives. |
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Honor your father and mother, it is the only one attached with a reward |
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Unlike the other commandments the fourth (honor your father and mother) is expressed in positive terms and is a |
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Marriage and the Family are ordered to the |
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Good of the spouses and to the procreation and education of children. |
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The fecundity of conjugal love involves not only procreation but also |
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education (moral) and spiritual formation |
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Parents have the responsibility to |
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evangelize their children |
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The first vocation of the Christian is to |
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The fourth commandment enjoins people to honor those |
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who have authority in society |
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God inscribed the vocation of love and communication in |
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Man and woman are created equal in dignity |
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but different. Each of the two sexes is an image of the power and tenderness of God. |
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Jesus came to restore creation to |
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the purity of its origins, seen in the sermon on the Mount. |
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Chastity means the successful integration of sexuality within the person and thus the inner unity of man in his |
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bodily and spiritual being |
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Chastity includes the apprenticeship in |
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Self Mastery, which is training in human freedom. Man either governs his passions or lets himself be dominated by them. The domination of the passions over man makes him unhappy. |
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laws of growth which progress through states marked by imperfection |
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a moral virtue. It is also a gift from God, a grace, a fruit of spiritual effort. |
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Charity is the form of all the virtues. Under its influence, chastity appears as a school of the gift of the person. Self mastery is ordered to the |
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gift of self. Chastity leads him who practices it to become a witness to his neighbor of God's fidelity and loving kindness |
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The virtue of chastity blossoms in |
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a disordered desire for or inordinate enjoyment of sexual pleasure. Sexual pleasure is morally disordered when it is sought for itself and isolated from its unitive and procreative purposes. |
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Lust focuses on a person as a |
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object for ones own use and denies them the respect and love owed a person made in the image and likeness of God. |
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carnal union between and unmarried man and woman. |
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does injury to the dignity of the person who engages in it reducing the person to an instrument of sexual pleasure. |
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forcible violation of the sexual intimacy of another |
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intrinsically disordered, violation of natural law. They must cultivate self mastery and reach interior freedom. Still called to fulfill God's will in their lives. |
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Physical intimacy is a sign and pledge of spiritual communion |
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Sexual expression is realized in a truly human way |
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if it is an integral part of the love by which a man and woman commit themselves totally to each other till death. |
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is noble and honorable and fosters self giving, it enriches the spouses and is a source of joy and pleasure. |
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Union of spouses achieves the two fold end of marriage: |
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Union and procreation. Fidelity and fecundity. |
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it is their duty to make certain that their desire in not motivated by selfishness but is in conformity with the generosity appropriate to responsible parenthood. |
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is in conformity with the objective criteria of morality. |
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Ever action to render procreation impossible is |
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A child is not something owed to one |
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but is a gift. The supreme gift of marriage is a human person. |
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Offenses against the dignity of Marriage |
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Adultery, Divorce, Polygamy, Incest, Free unions, right to trail marriage. |
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a precondition to seeking God. |
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Modesty protects the intimate center of the person by refusing to unveil what should remain hidden. It guides how one looks at others and guides people to understand the dignity inherent in each person |
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Teaching modesty to children awakens them |
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to the respect due to the human person |
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The deliberate murder of an innocent person is gravely contrary to the dignity of the |
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human being, the golden rule and the holiness of the Creator. |
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The law prohibiting murder is universally valid |
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it obliges everyone, always and everywhere. |
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Sermon on the mount adds that murder should not be done out of |
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anger hatred or vengeance. |
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The act of self defense can have a double effect |
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The preservation of one's own life and the killing of the aggressor. One is intended the other is not. The is based on looking out for the Good of our own lives. |
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Legitimate defense can not only be a right but a grave duty |
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for someone who is responsible for the lives of others. |
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Direct and intentional killing is |
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Formal cooperation in abortion constitutes |
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contrary to a proper love of self, and God. We are not the owners of life. |
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Discontinuing the use of medical procedures that are |
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burdensome, dangerous, extraordinary, or disproportionate to the expected outcome can be legitimate. aka refusal of over zealous treatment. |
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Even if death is imminent the ordinary care owed to a sick person cannot |
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There are certain circumstances that diminish |
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the responsibility of committing suicide. |
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Scandal is an attitude or behavior which |
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leads another to do evil. |
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Our life and health are from God so society should |
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help in the attainment of living conditions that allows people to grow and reach maturity |
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Morality requires respect for the body however |
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it does not make it an absolute value. Care must be taken not to idolize the body. |
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avoids every kind of of excess. |
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Medical research and experiments on human individuals can |
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contribute to the healing of the sick and the advancement of public health |
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Research cannot be done in a manner contrary to |
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Organ transplants are in conformity |
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with the moral law with provisions. |
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damage is going to be lasting, grave and certain, all of means have been exhausted to avoid war, Must be prospects of success. The use of arms must not produce evils greater than the evil being eliminated. |
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Public authorities have the right and duty to impose on citizens |
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obligations necessary for national defense. |
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must serve the community in some other way. |
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Just because war has broken out does not mean that everything becomes |
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licit between the waring parties, you do not have free reign to destroy and torture just because it is war time |
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The eight commandment forbids |
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misrepresenting the truth in our relations with others. Thou shall not bear false witness against others. |
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It is the duty of Christians to take part in the life of the |
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Church and bear witness to the Gospel. |
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is the supreme witness of truth of the faith, faith till death |
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False witness and perjury |
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involves a publicly made statement contrary to the truth. |
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Respect for the reputation of persons.. |
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forbids every things that would likely injure a persons good name. |
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assumption of truth without grounds |
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disclosure of another's faults to someone who doesn't know them |
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remarks about another contrary to the truth |
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most direct offense against truth. a lie offends against the fundamental relation of man and his word to the Lord |
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The gravity of a lie is measured |
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against the nature of the truth it deforms, the circumstances, the intentions and the harm caused. |
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The right to the communication of truth is not |
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unconditional, we must use prudence to reveal the truth or not. |
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The right to the communication of truth is not |
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unconditional, we must use prudence to reveal the truth or not. |
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