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1 Int, 2 | do? How do I distinguish good from evil? The answer is
2 Int, 2 | O that we might see some good! Let the light of your face
3 Int, 3 | believers but to all people of good will. The Second Vatican
4 1 | CHAPTER I - "TEACHER, WHAT GOOD MUST I DO...? " (Mt 19:16) -
5 1, 6 | and said, 'Teacher, what good must I do to have eternal
6 1, 6 | you ask me about what is good? There is only one who is
7 1, 6 | There is only one who is good. If you wish to enter into
8 1, 7 | an appeal to the absolute Good which attracts us and beckons
9 1 | Teacher, what good must I do to have eternal
10 1, 8 | for it is about the moral good which must be done, and
11 1, 8 | connection between moral good and the fulfilment of his
12 1, 8 | new questions about moral good. He feels the need to draw
13 1, 8 | questions about what is good and what is evil. Christ
14 1 | There is only one who is good" (Mt 19:17) ~
15 1, 9 | you ask me about what is good? There is only one who is
16 1, 9 | There is only one who is good. If you wish to enter into
17 1, 9 | way: "Why do you call me good? No one is good but God
18 1, 9 | call me good? No one is good but God alone" (Mk 10:18;
19 1, 9 | asked his question. The "Good Teacher" points out to him —
20 1, 9 | answer to the question, "What good must I do to have eternal
21 1, 9 | heart to the "One" who is good: "No one is good but God
22 1, 9 | who is good: "No one is good but God alone" (Mk 10:18;
23 1, 9 | the question about what is good, because he is the Good
24 1, 9 | good, because he is the Good itself. ~To ask about the
25 1, 9 | itself. ~To ask about the good, in fact, ultimately means
26 1, 9 | the question about morally good action back to its religious
27 1, 10 | as the One who "alone is good"; the One who despite man'
28 1, 11 | There is only one who is good" thus brings us back to
29 1, 11 | holiness (cf. Ex 20:2-11). The good is belonging to God, obeying
30 1, 11 | alone is the One who is good. Such is the witness of
31 1, 11 | But if God alone is the Good, no human effort, not even
32 1, 11 | addresses with the words "Good Teacher" (Mk 10:17; Lk 18:
33 1, 12 | answer the question about the good, because he is the Good.
34 1, 12 | good, because he is the Good. But God has already given
35 1, 12 | There is only one who is good", Jesus tells the young
36 1, 13 | one commandment about the good of the person, at the level
37 1, 13 | are meant to safeguard the good of the person, the image
38 1, 13 | truthfulness and people's good name. ~The commandments
39 1, 14 | with the parable of the Good Samaritan, which is critical
40 1, 14 | way in the parable of the Good Samaritan (cf. Lk 10:30-
41 1, 16 | of the commandments, the Good Teacher invites him to enter
42 1, 16 | young man's question: "What good must I do to have eternal
43 1, 16 | particular viewpoint, that very "good" which opens man up to eternal
44 1, 16 | commandments: both refer to the good, to eternal life. The Sermon
45 1, 20 | rekindle the very love of the "Good" Teacher, the one who loved "
46 1, 25 | question: "Teacher, what good must I do to have eternal
47 2, 28 | God, the One who "alone is good"; the relationship clearly
48 2, 28 | commandments, between the moral good of human acts and eternal
49 2, 29 | the light of Christ, the "Good Teacher", has also developed
50 2, 29 | with "morality", with the good and the evil of human acts
51 2, 29 | in the One who "alone is good" and who, by giving himself
52 2, 30 | purpose of our life? What is good and what is sin? What origin
53 2, 30 | with the truth about the good, the specific rights and
54 2, 30 | to Jesus: "Teacher, what good must I do to have eternal
55 2, 32 | infallible decisions about good and evil. To the affirmation
56 2, 32 | universal truth about the good, knowable by human reason,
57 2, 32 | universal knowledge of the good in a specific situation
58 2, 32 | determining the criteria of good and evil and then acting
59 2, 34 | 34. "Teacher, what good must I do to have eternal
60 2, 34 | man can turn to what is good".56 But what sort of freedom?
61 2 | tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat" (
62 2, 35 | tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat,
63 2, 35 | power to decide what is good and what is evil does not
64 2, 35 | tree of the knowledge of good and evil", for it is called
65 2, 35 | that law. God, who alone is good, knows perfectly what is
66 2, 35 | knows perfectly what is good for man, and by virtue of
67 2, 35 | very love proposes this good to man in the commandments. ~
68 2, 35 | right to determine what is good or evil. Human freedom would
69 2, 37 | with the so-called "human good". Such norms would not be
70 2, 39 | too in performing morally good acts, man strengthens, develops
71 2, 40 | tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat,
72 2, 41 | of norms unrelated to his good, this would be in contradiction
73 2, 41 | tree of the knowledge of good and evil", God makes it
74 2, 42 | in a free choice of the good, pursues his own end by
75 2, 42 | God, the One who "alone is good", man must freely do good
76 2, 42 | good", man must freely do good and avoid evil. But in order
77 2, 42 | must be able to distinguish good from evil. And this takes
78 2, 42 | say: Who will make us see good? And in reply to the question
79 2, 42 | reason whereby we discern good from evil, which is the
80 2, 44 | which commands us to do good and counsels us not to sin",
81 2, 44 | Man is able to recognize good and evil thanks to that
82 2, 44 | thanks to that discernment of good from evil which he himself
83 2, 50 | though it is a fundamental good of man, thus acquires a
84 2, 50 | significance in reference to the good of the person, who must
85 2, 51 | order, the person must do good and avoid evil, be concerned
86 2, 51 | life, seek truth, practise good and contemplate beauty.93 ~
87 2, 51 | universality of the true good. By submitting to the common
88 2, 52 | unite in the same common good all people of every period
89 2, 52 | than the obligation to do good indicated by the positive
90 2, 52 | hindered from doing certain good actions; but he can never
91 2, 54 | Always summoning him to love good and avoid evil, the voice
92 2, 56 | to do in practice and in good conscience what is qualified
93 2, 56 | final decision about what is good and what is evil. On this
94 2, 59 | that one must love and do good and avoid evil. This first
95 2, 59 | primordial insight about good and evil, that reflection
96 2, 59 | universal demands of the moral good, conscience is the application
97 2, 59 | a summons to do what is good in this particular situation.
98 2, 59 | conscience, knows to be a good he is called to do here
99 2, 60 | from the truth about moral good and evil, which it is called
100 2, 60 | reference to the supreme good, whose attractiveness the
101 2, 60 | capacity to decide what is good and what is evil. Rather
102 2, 61 | 61. The truth about moral good, as that truth is declared
103 2, 61 | take responsibility for the good or the evil one has done.
104 2, 61 | the universal truth of the good, as well as to the malice
105 2, 61 | to ask forgiveness, to do good and to cultivate virtue
106 2, 61 | reflect the truth about the good, and not in arbitrary "decisions".
107 2 | Seeking what is true and good ~
108 2, 62 | seeking what is true and good, and conscience gradually
109 2, 62 | Certainly, in order to have a "good conscience" (Tim 1:5), man
110 2, 62 | the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect" (
111 2, 62 | of that truth about the good which the subject is called
112 2, 63 | subjective" error about moral good with the "objective" truth
113 2, 63 | relation to the truth about the good. Furthermore, a good act
114 2, 63 | the good. Furthermore, a good act which is not recognized
115 2, 63 | dispose him for the supreme good. Thus, before feeling easily
116 2, 63 | seeking what is true and good, and conscience gradually
117 2, 64 | what is true and to what is good. In the same vein, Saint
118 2, 64 | and to the love of what is good which is really the source
119 2, 64 | the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect" (
120 2, 64 | between man and the true good.110 Such a connaturality
121 2, 64 | from the truth about the good of man, but rather, especially
122 2, 65 | life for or against the Good, for or against the Truth,
123 2, 65 | acts would not be absolute Good (before which the freedom
124 2, 65 | they expressly limit moral "good" and "evil" to the transcendental
125 2, 65 | the one hand the order of good and evil, which is dependent
126 2, 67 | recognized, the only morally good act is that of obeying the
127 2, 68 | could continue to be morally good, persevere in God's grace
128 2, 72 | freedom with the authentic good. This good is established,
129 2, 72 | the authentic good. This good is established, as the eternal
130 2, 72 | law"). Acting is morally good when the choices of freedom
131 2, 72 | conformity with man's true good and thus express the voluntary
132 2, 72 | God himself, the supreme good in whom man finds his full
133 2, 72 | conversation with Jesus: "What good must I do to have eternal
134 2, 72 | conviction: the performance of good acts, commanded by the One
135 2, 72 | by the One who "alone is good", constitutes the indispensable
136 2, 72 | laws which safeguard human good.Only the act in conformity
137 2, 72 | act in conformity with the good can be a path that leads
138 2, 72 | of the human act to the good in its truth and the voluntary
139 2, 72 | voluntary pursuit of that good, known by reason, constitute
140 2, 72 | cannot be judged as morally good merely because it is a means
141 2, 72 | the subject's intention is good.122 Activity is morally
142 2, 72 | Activity is morally good when it attests to and expresses
143 2, 72 | concrete action with the human good as it is acknowledged in
144 2, 72 | in harmony with the true good of the person, the choice
145 2, 72 | ultimate end, the supreme good, God himself. ~
146 2, 73 | justice and the life which is good and in conformity with virtue...
147 2, 73 | we show ourselves to be good in our works".124 ~Consequently
148 2, 73(123)| Christians but to all men of good will in whose hearts grace
149 2, 73 | acts to God, the supreme good and ultimate end (telos)
150 2, 73 | young man to Jesus: "What good must I do to have eternal
151 2, 73 | with the authentic moral good of man, safeguarded by the
152 2, 73 | judgment of God, the just and good judge who, as the Apostle
153 2, 73 | Paul reminds us, rewards good and punishes evil: "We must
154 2, 73 | that each one may receive good or evil, according to what
155 2, 75 | reference to the truth about the good, and from its determination
156 2, 75 | acknowledged between the good and bad effects of that
157 2, 75 | with a view to the "greater good" or "lesser evil" actually
158 2, 75 | mixed with evil, and every good effect linked to other evil
159 2, 75 | possible to judge as morally "good" or "bad" the will of the
160 2, 76 | can justify, as morally good, deliberate choices of kinds
161 2, 76 | best ways to achieve the good in certain concrete situations,
162 2, 77 | or "in itself", morally good or bad, licit or illicit.
163 2, 77 | impossibility, of evaluating all the good and evil consequences and
164 2, 78 | ultimate end in the perfect good, primordial love. By the
165 2, 78 | happens that man acts with a good intention, but without spiritual
166 2, 78 | gain, because he lacks a good will. Let us say that someone
167 2, 78 | though the intention is good, the uprightness of the
168 2, 78 | Consequently, no evil done with a good intention can be excused. '
169 2, 78 | And why not do evil that good may come? Their condemnation
170 2, 78 | The reason why a good intention is not itself
171 2, 78 | to the One who "alone is good", and thus brings about
172 2, 78 | person. An act is therefore good if its object is in conformity
173 2, 78 | is in conformity with the good of the person with respect
174 2, 78 | directed to promoting the true good of the person; but it recognizes
175 2, 78 | respected. The human act, good according to its object,
176 2, 78 | It is not enough to do good works; they need to be done
177 2, 78 | well. For our works to be good and perfect, they must be
178 2 | not licit to do evil that good may come of it (cf Rom 3:
179 2, 79 | of being ordered to the good and to the ultimate end,
180 2, 79 | goods" which serve the "good of the person": the good
181 2, 79 | good of the person": the good which is the person himself
182 2, 80 | radically contradict the good of the person made in his
183 2, 80 | order to promote a greater good, it is never lawful, even
184 2, 80 | reasons, to do evil that good may come of it (cf Rom 3:
185 2, 81 | are intrinsically evil, a good intention or particular
186 2, 81 | ordered to God and to the good of the person. "As for acts
187 2, 81 | that, by doing them for good motives (causis bonis),
188 2, 81 | into an act "subjectively" good or defensible as a choice. ~
189 2, 82 | Furthermore, an intention is good when it has as its aim the
190 2, 82 | has as its aim the true good of the person in view of
191 2, 82 | case in conflict with that good. Consequently, respect for
192 2, 82 | only does not inhibit a good intention, but actually
193 2, 82 | and the truth about the good, and would be injurious
194 2, 83 | live perfectly, through his good actions, his vocation to
195 3 | POWER (1 Cor 1:17) - Moral good for the life of the Church
196 3, 84 | human person to his true good. The good of the person
197 3, 84 | person to his true good. The good of the person is to be in
198 3, 84 | bond between Truth, the Good and Freedom has been largely
199 3, 84 | decide by itself what is good and what is evil. This relativism
200 3, 84 | God is always the one true good of man".137 ~
201 3, 85 | the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect" (
202 3, 86 | Creator calls man to the true Good, and even more, through
203 3, 86 | openness to the True and the Good, and that all too often
204 3, 86 | reject the Truth and the Good in order to set himself
205 3, 88 | is found in all that is good and right and true), and
206 3, 89 | that they may see your good works and give glory to
207 3, 91 | evil in order to draw some good from it. Susanna chose for
208 3, 91 | to the truth about the good and to the God of Israel.
209 3, 91 | Lord Jesus who "made the good confession" (1 Tim 6:13)
210 3, 92 | into question, even with good intentions, whatever the
211 3, 93 | man: the confusion between good and evil, which makes it
212 3, 93 | witnessing fully to the good, they are a living reproof
213 3, 93 | Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness
214 3, 93 | those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for
215 3, 94 | absoluteness of the moral good Christians are not alone:
216 3, 95 | proposes it to all people of good will, without concealing
217 3, 95 | the person, for his true good, for his authentic freedom.
218 3, 95 | she does not agree to call good evil and evil good";151
219 3, 95 | call good evil and evil good";151 she must always be
220 3, 97 | intentions may sometimes be good, and circumstances frequently
221 3, 99 | 99. Only God, the Supreme Good, constitutes the unshakable
222 3, 99 | of every man. The Supreme Good and the moral good meet
223 3, 99 | Supreme Good and the moral good meet in truth: the truth
224 3, 101 | person and his growth in the good, but also for society and
225 3, 102 | hate... I do not do the good I want, but the evil I do
226 3, 102 | complete independence, what is good and what is evil. "You will
227 3, 102 | will be like God, knowing good and evil" (Gen 3:5): this
228 3, 104 | falsifying the standard of good and evil in order to adapt
229 3, 104 | criterion of the truth about the good, so that he can feel self-justified,
230 3, 107 | the One who "alone is good" — constitute not only a
231 3, 110 | forth the truth about the good brought to its perfection.
232 3, 111 | primordial question: What is good or evil? What must be done
233 3, 113 | be committed to the true good and to have confident recourse
234 3, 114 | Replying to the question: "What good must I do to have eternal
235 3, 117 | asked Jesus: "Teacher, what good must I do to have eternal
236 3, 117 | address this question to the "Good Teacher", since he is the
237 3, 117 | voice of the truth about good and evil. In the words spoken
238 3, 117 | voice of God who "alone is good" (cf Mt 19:17), who alone "
239 Conc, 118 | believers and people of good will, and the research of
240 Conc, 118 | perfect accomplishment of the good. This renewal, which gives
241 Conc, 118 | the ability to do what is good, noble, beautiful, pleasing
242 Conc, 120 | stray ~from the path of the good ~or become blind to sin, ~
243 Conc, 120 | May he carry out the good works prepared ~by God beforehand (
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