Part, Sect., Chapter, Paragraph
1 Prol, 0, 6, 24 | of faith and the rules of moral conduct.18~Above all - Charity~
2 1, 1, 1, 33 | and beauty, his sense of moral goodness, his freedom and
3 1, 1, 1, 38 | about those religious and moral truths which of themselves
4 1, 1, 2, 75 | of all saving truth and moral discipline."32~In the apostolic
5 1, 1, 2, 115 | subdivided into the allegorical, moral and anagogical senses. the
6 1, 1, 2, 117 | Christian Baptism.84 ~2. the moral sense. the events reported
7 1, 1, 2, 118 | Allegory to faith; ~The Moral how to act; Anagogy our
8 1, 1, 3, 159 | manner and does not override moral laws, can never conflict
9 1, 2, 1, 311 | they have sinned. Thus has moral evil, incommensurably more
10 1, 2, 1, 311 | indirectly, the cause of moral evil.176 He permits it,
11 1, 2, 1, 312 | consequences of an evil, even a moral evil, caused by his creatures: "
12 1, 2, 1, 312 | alive."178 From the greatest moral evil ever committed - the
13 1, 2, 1, 324 | permits physical and even moral evil is a mystery that God
14 1, 2, 1, 385 | above all to the question of moral evil. Where does evil come
15 1, 2, 1, 396 | laws of creation and to the moral norms that govern the use
16 1, 2, 3, 909 | culture and human works with a moral value."447~
17 2, 2, 1, 1266| in goodness through the moral virtues. ~Thus the whole
18 2, 2, 2, 1454| this can be found in the moral catechesis of the Gospels
19 2, 2, 2, 1484| Church, unless physical or moral impossibility excuses from
20 2, 2, 3, 1610| 1610 Moral conscience concerning the
21 2, 2, 3, 1653| extends to the fruits of the moral, spiritual, and supernatural
22 3, 0, 0, 1696| shows the importance of moral decisions for our salvation: "
23 3, 1, 1, 1700| promised by God and attested by moral conscience (article 5).
24 3, 1, 1, 1706| and of neighbor. Living a moral life bears witness to the
25 3, 1, 1, 1709| Having matured in grace, the moral life blossoms into eternal
26 3, 1, 1, 1713| is obliged to follow the moral law, which urges him "to
27 3, 1, 1, 1715| in the Holy Spirit. the moral life, increased and brought
28 3, 1, 1, 1723| confronts us with decisive moral choices. It invites us to
29 3, 1, 1, 1738| of freedom, especially in moral and religious matters, is
30 3, 1, 1, 1740| and injustice injure the moral life and involve the strong
31 3, 1, 1, 1740| charity. By deviating from the moral law man violates his own
32 3, 1, 1, 1747| especially in religious and moral matters, is an inalienable
33 3, 1, 1, 1749| 1749 Freedom makes man a moral subject. When he acts deliberately,
34 3, 1, 1, 1752| element essential to the moral evaluation of an action.
35 3, 1, 1, 1754| secondary elements of a moral act. They contribute to
36 3, 1, 1, 1754| increasing or diminishing the moral goodness or evil of human
37 3, 1, 1, 1754| themselves cannot change the moral quality of acts themselves;
38 3, 1, 1, 1755| of the will, that is, a moral evil.~
39 3, 1, 1, 1761| disorder of the will, i.e., a moral evil. One may not do evil
40 3, 1, 1 | II. Passions and Moral Life~
41 3, 1, 1, 1767| to the perfection of the moral or human good that the passions
42 3, 1, 1, 1768| affections in which the moral life is expressed. Passions
43 3, 1, 1, 1770| 1770 Moral perfection consists in man'
44 3, 1, 1, 1773| appetite, there is neither moral good nor evil. But insofar
45 3, 1, 1, 1773| reason and will, there is moral good or evil in them.~
46 3, 1, 1, 1775| 1775 The perfection of the moral good consists in man's being
47 3, 1, 1 | Article 6~MORAL CONSCIENCE~
48 3, 1, 1, 1777| 1777 Moral conscience,48 present at
49 3, 1, 1, 1778| human person recognizes the moral quality of a concrete act
50 3, 1, 1, 1780| requires uprightness of moral conscience. Conscience includes
51 3, 1, 1, 1780| performed. the truth about the moral good, stated in the law
52 3, 1, 1, 1782| so as personally to make moral decisions. "He must not
53 3, 1, 1, 1783| Conscience must be informed and moral judgment enlightened. A
54 3, 1, 1, 1786| 1786 Faced with a moral choice, conscience can make
55 3, 1, 1, 1787| by situations that make moral judgments less assured and
56 3, 1, 1, 1790| Yet it can happen that moral conscience remains in ignorance
57 3, 1, 1, 1792| of errors of judgment in moral conduct.~
58 3, 1, 1, 1793| ignorance is invincible, or the moral subject is not responsible
59 3, 1, 1, 1793| to correct the errors of moral conscience.~
60 3, 1, 1, 1794| by objective standards of moral conduct.61~
61 3, 1, 1, 1796| human person recognizes the moral quality of a concrete act.~
62 3, 1, 1, 1799| 1799 Faced with a moral choice, conscience can make
63 3, 1, 1, 1802| into practice. This is how moral conscience is formed.~
64 3, 1, 1, 1804| practices the good. ~The moral virtues are acquired by
65 3, 1, 1, 1806| of this virtue we apply moral principles to particular
66 3, 1, 1, 1807| 1807 Justice is the moral virtue that consists in
67 3, 1, 1, 1808| 1808 Fortitude is the moral virtue that ensures firmness
68 3, 1, 1, 1808| overcome obstacles in the moral life. the virtue of fortitude
69 3, 1, 1, 1809| 1809 Temperance is the moral virtue that moderates the
70 3, 1, 1, 1811| wounded by sin, to maintain moral balance. Christ's gift of
71 3, 1, 1, 1813| foundation of Christian moral activity; they animate it
72 3, 1, 1, 1813| and give life to all the moral virtues. They are infused
73 3, 1, 1, 1828| 1828 The practice of the moral life animated by charity
74 3, 1, 1, 1830| 1830 The moral life of Christians is sustained
75 3, 1, 1, 1839| 1839 The moral virtues grow through education,
76 3, 1, 1, 1841| charity. They inform all the moral virtues and give life to
77 3, 1, 1, 1860| of the principles of the moral law, which are written in
78 3, 1, 1, 1862| standard prescribed by the moral law, or when he disobeys
79 3, 1, 1, 1862| or when he disobeys the moral law in a grave matter, but
80 3, 1, 1, 1863| and the practice of the moral good; it merits temporal
81 3, 1, 1, 1865| but it cannot destroy the moral sense at its root.~
82 3, 1, 1, 1875| Venial sin constitutes a moral disorder that is reparable
83 3, 1, 2, 1888| appeal to the spiritual and moral capacities of the human
84 3, 1, 2, 1899| authority required by the moral order derives from God: "
85 3, 1, 2, 1902| Authority does not derive its moral legitimacy from itself.
86 3, 1, 2, 1902| for the common good as a "moral force based on freedom and
87 3, 1, 2, 1903| measures contrary to the moral order, such arrangements
88 3, 1, 2, 1923| within the limits of the moral order and must guarantee
89 3, 1, 2, 1930| They are the basis of the moral legitimacy of every authority:
90 3, 1, 2, 1930| society undermines its own moral legitimacy.36 If it does
91 3, 1, 2, 1936| abilities, intellectual or moral aptitudes, the benefits
92 3, 1, 2, 1941| is a requirement of the moral order; world peace depends
93 3, 1, 3 | Article 1~THE MORAL LAW~
94 3, 1, 3, 1950| 1950 The moral law is the work of divine
95 3, 1, 3, 1951| of the common good. the moral law presupposes the rational
96 3, 1, 3, 1952| different expressions of the moral law, all of them interrelated:
97 3, 1, 3, 1953| 1953 The moral law finds its fullness and
98 3, 1, 3 | I. The Natural Moral Law~
99 3, 1, 3, 1954| law expresses the original moral sense which enables man
100 3, 1, 3, 1955| precepts which govern the moral life. It hinges upon the
101 3, 1, 3, 1959| can build the structure of moral rules to guide his choices.
102 3, 1, 3, 1959| provides the indispensable moral foundation for building
103 3, 1, 3, 1960| grace and revelation so moral and religious truths may
104 3, 1, 3, 1962| stage of revealed Law. Its moral prescriptions are summed
105 3, 1, 3, 1968| abolishing or devaluing the moral prescriptions of the Old
106 3, 1, 3, 1971| it is fitting to add the moral catechesis of the apostolic
107 3, 1, 3, 1979| foundation for the erection of moral rules and civil law.~
108 3, 1, 3, 1980| stage of revealed law. Its moral prescriptions are summed
109 3, 1, 3, 2031| 2031 The moral life is spiritual worship.
110 3, 1, 3, 2031| the Christian life, the moral life finds its source and
111 3, 1, 3 | I. Moral Life and the Magisterium
112 3, 1, 3, 2032| and everywhere to announce moral principles, including those
113 3, 1, 3, 2033| Pastors of the Church in moral matters is ordinarily exercised
114 3, 1, 3, 2033| the "deposit" of Christian moral teaching has been handed
115 3, 1, 3, 2033| sets out the principles of moral life valid for all men.~
116 3, 1, 3, 2039| individualistic considerations in its moral judgments of the person'
117 3, 1, 3, 2039| all, as expressed in the moral law, natural and revealed,
118 3, 1, 3, 2039| teaching of the Magisterium on moral questions. Personal conscience
119 3, 1, 3, 2039| set in opposition to the moral law or the Magisterium of
120 3, 1, 3, 2041| set in the context of a moral life bound to and nourished
121 3, 1, 3, 2041| the spirit of prayer and moral effort, in the growth in
122 3, 1, 3 | III. Moral Life and Missionary Witness~
123 3, 1, 3, 2045| their convictions and their moral lives. the Church increases,
124 3, 1, 3, 2047| 2047 The moral life is a spiritual worship.
125 3, 1, 3, 2048| of the Church concern the moral and Christian life united
126 3, 1, 3, 2049| Pastors of the Church in moral matters is ordinarily exercised
127 3, 1, 3, 2049| states the principles of moral life valid for every man.~
128 3, 1, 3, 2050| believed and applied in moral life. It is also encumbent
129 3, 1, 3, 2050| on them to pronounce on moral questions that fall within
130 3, 1, 3, 2051| elements of doctrine, including~moral doctrine, without which
131 3, 2, 0, 2071| According to Scripture, man's~moral life has all its meaning
132 3, 2, 0, 2072| establishment of the covenant. Moral existence is a response
133 3, 2, 0, 2081| and through the voice of moral conscience. the obligation~
134 3, 2, 1, 2087| 2087 Our moral life has its source in faith
135 3, 2, 1, 2087| principle and explanation of all moral deviations.10 Our duty toward
136 3, 2, 1, 2095| inform and give life to the moral virtues. Thus charity leads
137 3, 2, 1, 2105| Catholic teaching on the moral duty of individuals and
138 3, 2, 1, 2108| religious liberty is neither a moral license to adhere to error,
139 3, 2, 1, 2109| conformity with the objective moral order."40~
140 3, 2, 1, 2125| fail in their religious, moral, or social life, they must
141 3, 2, 1, 2128| existence, and a sluggish moral conscience. Agnosticism
142 3, 2, 1, 2176| celebration of Sunday observes the moral commandment inscribed by
143 3, 2, 1, 2176| Sunday worship fulfills the moral command of the Old Covenant,
144 3, 2, 2, 2207| childhood, one can learn moral values, begin to honor God,
145 3, 2, 2, 2211| keeping with the family's own moral and religious convictions; ~-
146 3, 2, 2, 2218| must give them material and moral support in old age and in
147 3, 2, 2, 2221| but must extend to their moral education and their spiritual
148 3, 2, 2, 2242| contrary to the demands of the moral order, to the fundamental
149 3, 2, 2, 2246| Church's mission "to pass moral judgments even in matters
150 3, 2, 2, 2256| contrary to the demands of the moral order. "We must obey God
151 3, 2, 2, 2269| about a person's death. the moral law prohibits exposing someone
152 3, 2, 2, 2271| Church has affirmed the moral evil of every procured abortion. ~
153 3, 2, 2, 2271| gravely contrary to the moral law:~You shall not kill
154 3, 2, 2, 2274| is gravely opposed to the moral law when this is done with
155 3, 2, 2, 2282| suicide is contrary to the moral law. ~Grave psychological
156 3, 2, 2, 2286| opinion who turn it away from moral values.~
157 3, 2, 2, 2291| gravely contrary to the moral law.~Respect for the person
158 3, 2, 2, 2293| in the person and in his moral values both evidence of
159 3, 2, 2, 2294| is an illusion to claim moral neutrality in scientific
160 3, 2, 2, 2294| respect for fundamental moral criteria. They must be at
161 3, 2, 2, 2295| dignity of persons and to the moral law. the subjects' potential
162 3, 2, 2, 2296| are in conformity with the moral law if the physical and
163 3, 2, 2, 2297| Torture which uses physical or moral violence to extract confessions,
164 3, 2, 2, 2297| persons are against the moral law.90~
165 3, 2, 2, 2306| gravity of the physical and moral risks of recourse to violence,
166 3, 2, 2, 2309| to rigorous conditions of moral legitimacy. At one and the
167 3, 2, 2, 2309| of these conditions for moral legitimacy belongs to the
168 3, 2, 2, 2312| permanent validity of the moral law during armed conflict. "
169 3, 2, 2, 2315| deterrence gives rise to strong moral reservations. the arms race
170 3, 2, 2, 2322| gravely contrary to the moral law. the Church imposes
171 3, 2, 2, 2328| permanent validity of the moral law during armed conflicts.
172 3, 2, 2, 2333| sexual identity. Physical, moral, and spiritual difference
173 3, 2, 2, 2340| commandments, exercise of the moral virtues, and fidelity to
174 3, 2, 2, 2343| loves, and accomplishes moral good by stages of growth."129~
175 3, 2, 2, 2344| education that respect the moral and spiritual dimensions
176 3, 2, 2, 2345| 2345 Chastity is a moral virtue. It is also a gift
177 3, 2, 2, 2349| prescribed for all by the moral law, whether they are married
178 3, 2, 2, 2352| constant tradition, and the moral sense of the faithful have
179 3, 2, 2, 2352| which is demanded by the moral order and in which the total
180 3, 2, 2, 2352| judgment about the subjects' moral responsibility and to guide
181 3, 2, 2, 2352| lessen or even extenuate moral culpability.~
182 3, 2, 2, 2356| freedom, and physical and moral integrity to which every
183 3, 2, 2, 2370| both anthropological and moral, between contraception and
184 3, 2, 2, 2372| with means contrary to the moral law.~The gift of a child~
185 3, 2, 2, 2377| children."167 "Under the moral aspect procreation is deprived
186 3, 2, 2, 2383| and does not constitute a moral offense.~
187 3, 2, 2, 2386| has not contravened the moral law. There is a considerable
188 3, 2, 2, 2387| is not in accord with the moral law." [Conjugal] communion
189 3, 2, 2, 2389| done to the physical and moral integrity of the young,
190 3, 2, 2, 2390| They are contrary to the moral law. the sexual act must
191 3, 2, 2, 2409| property is contrary to the moral law and requires reparation.~
192 3, 2, 2, 2410| contracts between physical or moral persons - commercial contracts
193 3, 2, 2, 2415| divorced from respect for moral imperatives. Man's dominion
194 3, 2, 2, 2420| 2420 The Church makes a moral judgment about economic
195 3, 2, 2, 2420| requires it."199 In the moral order she bears a mission
196 3, 2, 2, 2426| within the limits of the moral order, in keeping with social
197 3, 2, 2, 2438| resources toward objectives of moral, cultural, and economic
198 3, 2, 2, 2439| Rich nations have a grave moral responsibility toward those
199 3, 2, 2, 2455| 2455 The moral law forbids acts which,
200 3, 2, 2, 2456| separated from respect for moral obligations, including those
201 3, 2, 2, 2464| relations with others. This moral prescription flows from
202 3, 2, 2, 2464| refusal to commit oneself to moral uprightness: they are fundamental
203 3, 2, 2, 2467| their nature and bound by a moral obligation to seek the truth,
204 3, 2, 2, 2477| sufficient foundation, the moral fault of a neighbor; ~-
205 3, 2, 2, 2487| compensated, he must be given moral satisfaction in the name
206 3, 2, 2, 2487| reputation. This reparation, moral and sometimes material,
207 3, 2, 2, 2494| publication of news, the moral law and the legitimate rights
208 3, 2, 2, 2499| 2499 Moral judgment must condemn the
209 3, 2, 2, 2500| spontaneous spiritual joy and moral beauty. Likewise, truth
210 3, 2, 2, 2515| sin. It unsettles man's moral faculties and, without being
211 3, 2, 2, 2517| The heart is the seat of moral personality: "Out of the
212 3, 2, 2, 2526| 2526 So called moral permissiveness rests on
213 3, 2, 2, 2526| oneself be educated in the moral law. Those in charge of
214 3, 2, 2, 2526| qualities of the heart, and the moral and spiritual dignity of
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