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| What are the six significant sources for moral growth? (test) |
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The six significant sources for moral growth are...
1.our relationship with God (the source of our life)
2.our community
3.basic moral principles
4.civil laws
5.the teachings of Jesus and the Scriptures
6.the teachings of the church |
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| What are the four moral principles that are considered universal? (test) |
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The four moral principles that are considered universal are...
1.Do good;avoid evil
2.Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.
3.The end does not justify the means.
4.Follow what nature intends. |
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| Sin is the refusal to treat ourselves and others as likenesses of God. |
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| What is actual sin? (test) |
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| Actual sin is acting on the inherited tendency to refuse to treat ourselves and others as likenesses of God. |
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| What is personal sin? (test) |
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| Personal sin is an individual refusing to treat self and others as likenesses of God. |
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| What is social sin? (test) |
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| Social sin involves a whole group or society participating in a system or process that harms human relationships. |
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| Why can we not go alone? (test I think) |
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| We are connected to others, we cannot grow spiritually or morally without others. |
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| What is the principle of proportionality? |
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| The principle of proportionality is: If the end to be achieved is clearly so good that it outweighs he harm done by the evil means, then the evil means COULD be justified. |
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| Mortal sin is choosing to cut self off completely from god self and others, and turning one's life direction toward sin. |
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| Venial sin is choosing to cut self off from God self, and others, but not completely. |
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| What is a sin of commission? |
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| A sin of commission is doing a wrong act. All sins of commission are either venial or mortal. |
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| What is a sin of omission? |
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| A sin of omission is failing to act when needed. All sins of omission are either venial or mortal. |
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| What does it mean to say that human beings are relational by nature? |
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| To say that human beings are relational by nature, means that we are by our nature, as beings created in God's image. We are connected to others. |
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| Original sin is the inherited tendency to refuse to treat ourselves and others as likenesses of God. |
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| What is the Communion of Saints? |
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| The Communion of Saints is the union of all good and faithful persons throughout history, both living and dead. It is what the church is sometimes referred to as. |
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| Magisterium is the teaching voice of the Catholic Church - as expressed by the pope and the bishops. |
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| What is the Christian approach to deciding whether to obey or disobey civil laws? |
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| The Christian approach to deciding whether to obey or disobey civil laws is obey all laws that are just, disobey and break all unjust laws. |
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