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502 3, 87 | all men (cf Phil 2:6-11). Contemplation of Jesus Crucified is thus
503 2, 79 | precisely these which are the contents of the natural law and hence
504 3, 84 | saving power of the truth is contested, and freedom alone, uprooted
505 2, 40 | the basis of historical contingencies or the diversity of societies
506 Int, 2 | generation replies to the continual human questionings on the
507 3, 108 | understand the proper place which continuing theological reflection about
508 1, 27 | fidelity to Jesus Christ and in continuity with the Church's tradition,
509 2, 64 | make it the object of a continuous conversion to what is true
510 2, 47 | understanding of the sexual act that contraception, direct sterilization, autoeroticism,
511 2, 80 | acts, and in reference to contraceptive practices whereby the conjugal
512 2, 75 | this way, an act which, by contradicting a universal negative norm,
513 2, 41 | his good, this would be in contradiction to the Revelation of the
514 3, 84 | situations are unfavourably contrasted with the precepts of the
515 2, 63 | recognized as such does not contribute to the moral growth of the
516 Int, 4 | Spirit of truth they have contributed to a better understanding
517 3, 93 | extraordinarily valuable contribution to warding off, in civil
518 2, 30 | answering even the most controversial and complex questions. This
519 3, 95 | Christ himself showed by his conversations and dealings with men. Having
520 2, 70 | contrary to the divine will (conversio ad creaturam). This can
521 3, 104 | mercy towards the sinner who converts and for the understanding
522 2, 30 | season and out of season, convince, rebuke, and exhort, be
523 3, 100 | misappropriation and private use of the corporate property of an enterprise,
524 2, 48 | whereby it exists as a whole — corpore et anima unus 87 — as a
525 2, 50 | rejecting all manipulations of corporeity which alter its human meaning,
526 2, 31 | God, and thus need to be corrected and purified in the light
527 3, 110 | fail to acknowledge the correctness and the truth of the moral
528 2, 60 | establishes and conditions the correspondence of its decisions with the
529 3, 98 | injustice and political corruption affecting entire peoples
530 3, 104 | An attitude of this sort corrupts the morality of society
531 3, 116 | health-care facilities and counselling services, and, in cases
532 3, 91 | at the cost of his life. Countless other martyrs accepted persecution
533 3, 101 | 9-24). Today, when many countries have seen the fall of ideologies
534 1, 15 | between the Old and the New Covenants. Commenting on Paul's statement
535 1, 17 | not steal; You shall not covet,' and any other commandment,
536 2, 70 | divine will (conversio ad creaturam). This can occur in a direct
537 3, 86 | an essential part of that creaturely image which is the basis
538 3, 94(147) | Summum crede nefas animam praeferre pudori
539 3, 103 | hardships. As Saint Andrew of Crete observes, the law itself "
540 2, 78(129) | Liguori, Pratica di amar Gesù Cristo, VII, 3.~
541 2, 55 | in particular cases. The critique already mentioned of the
542 1, 14 | his very life: his mission culminates in the Cross of our Redemption (
543 1, 21 | 1 Cor 11:23-29), is the culmination of our assimilation to Christ,
544 2, 62 | invincible ignorance is not culpable, conscience does not lose
545 3, 86 | received like a seed and to be cultivated responsibly. It is an essential
546 2, 31 | as the foundation of the cumulative rights of the person.54 ~
547 2, 62 | it must not "practise cunning and tamper with God's word",
548 1, 21 | this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord's
549 2, 34(58) | Encyclical Epistle Quanta Cura (December 8, 1864): Pii
550 1, 14 | commandments which arouses the curiosity of the teacher of the Law,
551 2, 33 | from the great variety of customs, behaviour patterns and
552 1, 15(25) | In Psalmum CXVIII Expositio, Sermo 18, 37:
553 1, 24 | Augustine in his prayer: "Da quod iubes et iube quod
554 1, 26 | the unity of the Church is damaged not only by Christians who
555 2, 69 | sanctifying grace — and eternal damnation, when one dies in such a
556 3, 91 | the sight of the Lord!" (Dan 13:22-23). Susanna, preferring
557 3, 93 | headlong plunge into the most dangerous crisis which can afflict
558 Int, 1 | to know the truth is also darkened, and his will to submit
559 2, 46 | statistically verifiable data, patterns of behaviour which
560 3, 105(165) | De Interpellatione David, IV, 6, 22: CSEL 3212, 283-
561 3, 91 | holiness of God. ~At the dawn of the New Testament, John
562 3, 91 | Christ, beginning with the deacon Stephen (cf Acts 6:8-7:60)
563 2, 37 | particular moral norms which deal with the so-called "human
564 3, 95 | by his conversations and dealings with men. Having come not
565 2, 83 | contradict this truth. ~Dear Brothers in the Episcopate,
566 2, 77 | justified on the basis of such debatable calculations? ~
567 2, 74 | emerged in the last few decades new or newly-revived theological
568 3, 101 | threatened and doomed to decay (cf Ps 14:3-4; Rev 18:2-
569 2, 64 | doctrine proposed by human deceit (cf Eph 4:14), and helping
570 3, 101(160) | Letter Christifideles Laici (December30,1988), 42: AAS 81 (1989),
571 3, 106 | methods and expression".166 Dechristianization, which weighs heavily upon
572 3, 88 | social life. In a widely dechristianized culture, the criteria employed
573 Int, 4 | internal unity were to be decided on the basis of faith alone,
574 1, 26 | Cor 5:9-13). The Apostles decisively rejected any separation
575 2, 64 | time with her authority to declare and confirm the principles
576 3, 106 | also, and of necessity, a decline or obscuring of the moral
577 3, 116 | social work, or institutions dedicated to teaching or health care,
578 2, 67 | morality of human acts is not deduced only from one's intention,
579 3, 102 | him, and he knows every deed of man. He has not commanded
580 Int, 4 | teaching represents a constant deepening of knowledge with regard
581 3, 96 | unyielding and uncompromising — defence of the absolutely essential
582 3, 91 | who bore witness to and defended moral truth even to the
583 2, 34 | Newman, that outstanding defender of the rights of conscience,
584 2, 81 | act "subjectively" good or defensible as a choice. ~
585 1, 15 | end not in the sense of a deficiency, but in the sense of the
586 3, 109 | It is fundamental for defining the very identity of theology,
587 2, 71 | choices, they give moral definition to the very person who performs
588 2, 48 | as a person. These definitions not only point out that
589 2, 63 | of the conscience being deformed when he warns: "The eye
590 2, 80 | trafficking in women and children; degrading conditions of work which
591 2, 76 | which would ultimately be dehumanizing. ~Such theories however
592 3, 116 | recognize these structures and delegate certain responsibilities
593 3, 113 | following the rules and deliberative procedures typical of a
594 3, 105 | to receive it. "Who will deliver me from this body of death?"
595 1, 17 | unworthy of the mercy of our deliverer?... Therefore, since some
596 2, 66 | unconditional nature of the decision demanded by the Kingdom of God. The
597 Conc, 119 | morality is in itself too demanding, difficult to understand
598 3, 96 | unchanging moral norms is not demeaning at all. Its only purpose
599 3, 86 | reflection and daily experience demonstrate the weakness which marks
600 3, 94 | their teachings on ethics, demonstrated wisdom, thanks to the seed
601 3, 110 | the precepts it proposes, demonstrating their connection with one
602 3, 85 | is not simply limited to denouncing and refuting them. In a
603 2, 80 | arbitrary imprisonment, deportation, slavery, prostitution and
604 Int, 5(11) | Apostolic Constitution Fidei Depositum (October 11,1992), 4.~
605 2, 80(131) | see in this the rise of a depraved moral relativism, one that
606 2, 38 | words indicate the wonderful depth of the sharing in God's
607 1, 24 | Law was promulgated at the descent of the Holy Spirit from
608 2, 65 | fundamental option, and describe as "right" or "wrong" the
609 1, 19 | who led them through the desert towards the Promised Land (
610 2, 52 | honour one's parents as they deserve. Positive precepts such
611 3, 91 | witness to the light and who deserved to be called by that same
612 2, 48 | it in accordance with its design. Consequently, human nature
613 2, 43 | own providence, since he desires to guide the world — not
614 3, 112 | preserve them both from despair at their inability fully
615 3, 84 | of the person; the unjust destruction of goods minimally necessary
616 3, 88 | another more serious and destructive dichotomy, that which separates
617 Int, 4 | of thought which end by detaching human freedom from its essential
618 3, 97 | made more explicit in a detailed code of behaviour. The fundamental
619 2, 54 | depths of his conscience man detects a law which he does not
620 2, 41 | infinitely transcendent: Deus semper maior.74 ~
621 1, 10 | to the statement made in Deuteronomy about the fundamental commandment: "
622 2, 64 | ought already to possess, developing them from the starting point
623 3, 113(177) | in particular Nos. 32-39, devoted to the problem of dissent:
624 1, 8 | his own destiny. He is a devout Israelite, raised as it
625 2, 78(129) | Maria De Liguori, Pratica di amar Gesù Cristo, VII, 3.~
626 3, 88 | serious and destructive dichotomy, that which separates faith
627 1, 26(37) | Cf. 1 Pt 2:12ff; cf. Didache, II, 2: Patres Apostolici,
628 1, 26 | people and from the Gentiles, differed from the pagans not only
629 2, 31(53) | Declaration on Religious Freedom Dignitaries Humane, 1.~
630 Conc, 118(181)| O inaestimabilis dilectio caritatis: ut servum redimeres,
631 2, 78(128) | Decem Legis Praecepta. De Dilectione Dei: Opuscula Theologica,
632 1, 10 | and you shall teach them diligently to your children" (Dt 6:
633 2, 49 | moral act from the bodily dimensions of its exercise is contrary
634 3, 116 | morals is taught in our Dioceses. ~A particular responsibility
635 3, 91 | commandments, even in the most dire of circumstances, and the
636 1, 13 | acknowledges God's holiness. After directing the young man's gaze towards
637 1, 26 | besides exhortations and directions connected to specific historical
638 2, 37 | completing with normative directives which are truly "objective",
639 2, 75 | relation to the advantages and disadvantages accruing both to the agent
640 2, 77 | forcefully insisted in clear disagreement with the scribes and Pharisees,
641 2, 32 | inescapable claims of truth disappear, yielding their place to
642 2, 39 | Creator the creature simply disappears... If God is ignored the
643 2, 46 | as the standard for their discipline and even for its operative
644 2, 33 | this freedom. A number of disciplines, grouped under the name
645 1, 10 | mysteries of your knowledge are disclosed to me. Know then, O man,
646 2, 48 | and the support of virtue, discovers in the body the anticipatory
647 Int, 5 | regard to the problems being discussed, the principles of a moral
648 2, 80 | Vatican Council itself, in discussing the respect due to the human
649 Conc, 119 | simplicity. At times, in the discussions about new and complex moral
650 1, 12 | the law of sin which had disfigured that heart (cf. Jer 17:1).
651 2, 80 | these and the like are a disgrace, and so long as they infect
652 3, 101 | turns into open or thinly disguised totalitarianism".161 ~Thus,
653 2, 65 | within human acting a clear disjunction between two levels of morality:
654 1, 22 | appeal to the "beginning" dismays the disciples, who remark: "
655 2, 70 | way, as in every act of disobedience to God's commandments in
656 3, 89 | who says ' I know him' but disobeys his commandments is a liar,
657 3, 92 | This dignity may never be disparaged or called into question,
658 3, 114 | sacerdotale: this happens when we dispense to the faithful the gifts
659 1, 7 | that its teaching would display the lofty vocation which
660 3, 109 | be mistaken in belief. It displays this particular quality
661 3, 99 | use of the means at his disposal in order to impose his own
662 2, 78 | perfects us morally, and disposes us to recognize our ultimate
663 1, 19 | is not a matter only of disposing oneself to hear a teaching
664 3, 105 | on the other hand, the "disproportion" between the law and human
665 2, 36 | Some people, however, disregarding the dependence of human
666 2, 49 | 49. A doctrine which dissociates the moral act from the bodily
667 2, 58(103) | In II Librum Sentent., dist. 39, a. 1, q. 3, conclusion;
668 2, 74 | in this direction seek to distance themselves from utilitarianism
669 2, 67 | to the extent that it is distinct from a generic intention
670 2, 45 | that these and other useful distinctions always refer to that law
671 Conc, 119 | gradually bring out the distinctive character of authentic Christian
672 2, 45 | moral-theological reflection usually distinguishes between the positive or
673 1, 26 | Christians who reject or distort the truths of faith but
674 3, 84 | What is truth" reflects the distressing perplexity of a man who
675 3, 108 | governance, inspires counsels, distributes and harmonizes every other
676 2, 31 | ways, some of which however diverge from the truth about man
677 2, 54 | moral conscience, which diverges from the teaching of the
678 2, 73(124) | Cyril of Alexandria, In Divi Johannis Evangelium, vol.
679 3, 108 | received by the humble and docile heart of the believer, brings
680 Conc, 120 | experiences, in perfect docility to the Spirit, the richness
681 1, 27 | lips of her Fathers and Doctors the truth of the Word made
682 2, 59(105) | Situation Ethics'' Contra Doctrinam (February 2, 1956): AAS
683 2, 47 | even be present in certain documents of the Church's Magisterium,
684 3, 110 | teaching in the areas of both dogma and morality.175 Working
685 2, 36 | sovereignty of reason in the domain of moral norms regarding
686 3, 103 | our freedom free from the domination of concupiscence. And if
687 2, 60(106) | Encyclical Letter Dominum et Vivificantem (May 18,
688 3, 101 | jeopardized, threatened and doomed to decay (cf Ps 14:3-4;
689 2, 56 | have proposed a kind of double status of moral truth. Beyond
690 Int, 4 | experienced the spread of numerous doubts and objections of a human
691 1, 21 | as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the
692 2, 34(59) | Addressed to His Grace the Duke of Norfolk: Certain Difficulties
693 | during
694 3, 105 | that you formed me from dust. How can I stand, if you
695 2, 45 | the Holy Spirit... who, dwelling in the soul, not only teaches
696 1, 21 | cf. Phil 2:5-8). Christ dwells by faith in the heart of
697 2, 53 | constitutive elements and in its dynamism of charity towards God and
698 2, 53 | determined "eodem sensu eademque sententia" 99 in the light
699 2, 30 | teaching, but having itching ears they will accumulate for
700 3, 102 | first temptation, and it is echoed in all the other temptations
701 3, 106 | morality and as a result of an eclipse of fundamental principles
702 2, 58 | herald when he proclaims the edict of the king. This is why
703 2, 34(59) | Catholic Teaching (Uniform Edition: Longman, Green and Company,
704 3, 111(176) | Congregation for Catholic Education, The Theological formation
705 3, 85 | support — the "secret" of its educative power — not so much in doctrinal
706 2, 73(124) | Evangelium, vol. III, ed. Philip Edward Pusey, Brussels, Culture
707 3, 107 | brings to full expression and effectiveness the threefold and unitary
708 1, 10 | brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage" (
709 2, 44 | particular gift and sign of its election and of the divine Covenant,
710 3, 111 | dynamic aspect which will elicit the response that man must
711 3, 105 | Pharisee, which would seek to eliminate awareness of one's own limits
712 Int, 1 | knowledge of it. This is eloquently proved by man's tireless
713 2, 51 | all have in common, as it emerges from certain philosophical
714 3, 91 | before the statue of the Emperor (cf Rev 13:7-10). They even
715 2, 65 | ultimately for or against God. Emphasis has rightly been placed
716 2, 44 | Venerable Predecessor Leo XIII emphasized the essential subordination
717 2, 40 | teaching of the Council emphasizes, on the one hand, the role
718 2, 36 | dialogue with modern culture, emphasizing the rational — and thus
719 2, 81 | Scripture. The Apostle Paul emphatically states: "Do not be deceived:
720 3, 102 | commandments, nor should he employ that rash statement, forbidden
721 3, 102 | and he gives his aid to enable you. His commandments are
722 1, 23 | function of the Law, which, by enabling sinful man to take stock
723 3, 106 | cultural milieux which she encounters in the course of history,
724 2, 29 | appreciative of this work, and encourage theologians to continue
725 2, 29 | world".45 The Council also encouraged theologians, "while respecting
726 2, 75 | for example, health or its endangerment, physical integrity, life,
727 2, 80(131) | relativism, one that clearly endangers the Church's entire doctrinal
728 Conc, 119 | while providing the vital energy needed to carry it out.
729 2, 70 | circumstances, which would not engage that option, thus involves
730 2, 46 | ethicists, professionally engaged in the study of human realities
731 2, 69 | measured by the degree of engagement of the freedom of the person
732 Int, 5 | the difficulties which it engenders have most serious implications
733 2, 44 | natural law is written and engraved in the heart of each and
734 2, 44 | particular by his reason enlightened by Divine Revelation and
735 3, 103 | observes, the law itself "was enlivened by grace and made to serve
736 3, 98 | such a renewal will require enormous effort, especially on account
737 3, 95 | particularly with regard to the enormously complex and conflict-filled
738 3, 109 | insight become a source of enrichment for the Church and her life
739 3, 100 | totalitarian — lead to the enslavement of human beings, disregard
740 3, 116 | appropriate measures to ensure that the faithful are guarded
741 2, 74 | depend? What is it that ensures this ordering of human acts
742 3, 97 | rules of social life thus entail specific demands to which
743 Conc, 120 | the gift of herself, Mary entered fully into the plan of God
744 3, 100 | corporate property of an enterprise, work badly done, tax fraud,
745 3, 100 | commandment prohibits actions or enterprises which for any reason — selfish
746 2, 43 | responsible care. The natural law enters here as the human expression
747 Conc, 118 | these considerations, let us entrust ourselves, the sufferings
748 2, 55 | individual's social and cultural environment. On the other hand, they
749 2, 53 | specified and determined "eodem sensu eademque sententia" 99
750 3, 86 | choose finite, limited and ephemeral goods. What is more, within
751 3, 89 | writes to the Christians of Ephesus, "and walk in love, as Christ
752 2, 45(84) | In Epistulam ad Romanos, c. VIII, lect.
753 3, 96 | morality we are all absolutely equal. ~
754 3, 96 | only on the basis of the equality of all its members, who
755 3, 107 | self-giving love and is equipped and committed to live this
756 3, 101 | funds, the rejection of equivocal or illicit means in order
757 Conc, 118 | 16:16). No human sin can erase the mercy of God, or prevent
758 3, 116 | Bishops can canonically erect and recognize these structures
759 3, 112 | teachings of the Magisterium, or erroneously consider as morally correct
760 2, 48 | rational soul is per se et essentialiter the form of his body.86
761 3, 103 | the Church's teaching is essentially only an "ideal" which must
762 1, 15 | plenitudo legis in Christo est), since he came not to abolish
763 2, 77 | How then can one go about establishing proportions which depend
764 1, 17 | because we are not yet in eternity. In part we retain our weakness
765 2, 32 | congenial to an individualist ethic, wherein each individual
766 2, 73(123) | manner known to God": Gaudium etSpes, 22.~
767 2, 80 | homicide, genocide, abortion, euthanasia and voluntary suicide; whatever
768 Conc, 119 | On the other hand, this evangelical simplicity does not exempt
769 1, 9 | In the versions of the Evangelists Mark and Luke the question
770 Conc, 120 | and pondering in her heart events which she did not always
771 2, 32 | thought have gone so far as to exalt freedom to such an extent
772 1, 10(17) | Exameron, Dies VI, Sermo IX, 8, 50:
773 2, 34 | dangers and errors — we must examine them in the light of the
774 2, 29 | science which accepts and examines Divine Revelation while
775 Int, 2 | her "duty in every age of examining the signs of the times and
776 2, 43 | divine providence in the most excellent way, insofar as it partakes
777 3, 92 | claim to attribute, even in "exceptional" conditions, to an act morally
778 3, 100 | of cheques and invoices, excessive expenses, waste, etc.158
779 2, 55 | maturing is inhibited by the excessively categorical position adopted
780 3, 113 | recourse to God's grace. ~While exchanges and conflicts of opinion
781 1, 21 | rejoice and give thanks", exclaims Saint Augustine speaking
782 2, 49 | revilers, robbers" are excluded from the Kingdom of God (
783 2, 78 | a good intention can be excused. 'There are those who say:
784 2, 36 | sense that human reason exercises its autonomy in setting
785 2, 39 | Indeed, just as man in exercising his dominion over the world
786 2, 55 | the numerous influences exerted by the individual's social
787 2, 77 | of one's own acts: an exhaustive rational calculation is
788 2, 53 | admitted that man is not exhaustively defined by that same culture.
789 1, 26 | of the Apostles, besides exhortations and directions connected
790 Int, 4 | his authority they have exhorted, passed judgment and explained.
791 2, 64 | the same vein, Saint Paul exhorts us not to be conformed to
792 2, 52(94) | emphasize the authentic exigencies of human nature. They thereby
793 2, 56 | a certain more concrete existential consideration. The latter,
794 2, 55 | they continue, cannot be expected to foresee and to respect
795 2, 47 | his own counsel" and he expects him to shape his life in
796 1, 22 | with his wife, it is not expedient to marry" (Mt 19:10). And
797 3, 100 | and invoices, excessive expenses, waste, etc.158 It continues: "
798 Int, 4 | community itself, which has experienced the spread of numerous doubts
799 Conc, 120 | they do (cf Lk 23:34), Mary experiences, in perfect docility to
800 3, 112 | behavioural sciences, like all experimental sciences, develop an empirical
801 Int, 3 | the Church which, as an "expert in humanity",5 places herself
802 2, 38 | the Second Vatican Council explains the meaning of that "genuine
803 2, 82 | represents an authentic explicitation of the Biblical morality
804 3, 99 | isolating, oppressing, or exploiting it, or by attempting to
805 1, 15(25) | In Psalmum CXVIII Expositio, Sermo 18, 37: PL 15, 1541;
806 Int, 5 | complete and systematic exposition of Christian moral teaching.
807 1, 27 | reverently preserved, faithfully expounded and correctly applied in
808 1, 25 | answer. The Teacher who expounds God's commandments, who
809 3, 113 | opinion may constitute normal expressions of public life in a representative
810 2, 65 | a separation, when they expressly limit moral "good" and "
811 2, 29 | further invitation, one extended to all the faithful, but
812 3, 88 | affects, often in a profound, extensive and all-embracing way, even
813 3, 93 | society. This witness makes an extraordinarily valuable contribution to
814 2, 32 | of others. Taken to its extreme consequences, this individualism
815 2, 48 | to make its choice, yet extrinsic to the person, the subject
816 3, 97 | preserve the human social fabric and its proper and fruitful
817 3, 117 | all of us, with unveiled faces, reflecting the glory of
818 3, 116 | universities,180 health-care facilities and counselling services,
819 2, 46 | the only really decisive factors of human reality. In this
820 2, 46 | this context even moral facts, despite their specificity,
821 2, 36 | claims of autonomy has not failed to exercise an influence
822 2, 47 | evaluation of such acts fails to take into adequate consideration
823 3, 116 | and, in cases of a serious failure to live up to that title,
824 3, 116 | personal obligations. It falls to them, in communion with
825 Conc, 119 | organic manner, without the falsification or obscuring of its moral
826 3, 104 | never means compromising and falsifying the standard of good and
827 2, 70 | pastoral practice one is familiar with cases in which an act
828 2, 35 | he possesses an extremely far-reaching freedom, since he can eat "
829 3, 109 | beckons reason — God's gift fashioned for the assimilation of
830 2, 43(79) | Contra Faustum, Bk 22, Chap. 27: PL 42,
831 2, 61 | from objective truth, in favour of an alleged autonomy in
832 3, 84 | infrequently witness the fearful plunging of the human person
833 2, 78 | someone robs in order to feed the poor: in this case,
834 1, 19 | who leads his sheep and feeds them (cf. Jn 10:11-16);
835 2, 63 | supreme good. Thus, before feeling easily justified in the
836 1, 8 | questions about moral good. He feels the need to draw near to
837 3, 91 | 10). They even refused to feign such worship, thereby giving
838 3, 89 | at all. If we say we have fellowship with him while we walk in
839 Int, 1 | search for knowledge in all fields. It is proved even more
840 Conc, 120 | Lord, in the year 1993, the fifteenth of my Pontificate. ~JOHN
841 Int, 4(8) | cf. Radio Message for the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Encyclical
842 Conc, 118(181)| caritatis: ut servum redimeres, Filium tradidisti!" Missale Romanum,
843 2, 38 | the Creator's command: "Fill the earth and subdue it" (
844 2, 67 | justice to the rational finality immanent in man's acting
845 3, 105 | gazes. Before him burns a fire capable of consuming our
846 2, 73 | image of the Son who is the first-born among many brethren (cf
847 Int, 5 | reasons is that it seemed fitting for it to be preceded by
848 3, 114 | that are threatening their flock (cf 2 Tim 4:1-4)".178 ~It
849 3, 109 | authentic theology can flourish and develop only through
850 3, 108 | believer, brings about the flourishing of Christian moral life
851 Conc, 118 | will, is in some way the flowering of the gift of mercy, which
852 3, 103 | himself of the grace which flows from that act. God's command
853 2, 75 | intention of the subject is focused, in accordance with a "responsible"
854 2, 75 | and goods being sought, focuses rather on the proportion
855 3, 91 | we find many examples of followers of Christ, beginning with
856 3, 85 | stumbling block to Jews and folly to Gentiles, but to those
857 Conc, 120 | and all humanity. At the foot of the Cross, when she accepts
858 2, 52 | matter of prohibitions which forbid a given action semper et
859 3, 102 | employ that rash statement, forbidden by the Fathers under anathema,
860 2, 41 | wisdom and providence. By forbidding man to "eat of the tree
861 1, 14 | point with extraordinary forcefulness: "If anyone says, 'I love
862 3, 105 | the capacity of the moral forces of man left to himself)
863 3, 100 | wages (cf Dt 24:14-15), forcing up prices by trading on
864 2, 71 | does not come about by a foreign intervention, as is the
865 3, 91 | and thus also became the forerunner of the Messiah in the way
866 2, 55 | continue, cannot be expected to foresee and to respect all the individual
867 2, 52 | not all of which can be foreseen; on the other hand there
868 3, 100 | work badly done, tax fraud, forgery of cheques and invoices,
869 3, 113 | always be respected. "Never forgetting that he too is a member
870 Conc, 118 | came not to condemn but to forgive, to show mercy (cf Mt 9:
871 2, 45 | new" law, it must not be forgotten that these and other useful
872 3, 105 | one who is weak, that you formed me from dust. How can I
873 | former
874 3, 106 | time is instead marked by a formidable challenge to undertake a "
875 2, 64 | the Council affirms: "In forming their consciences the Christian
876 2, 58 | man's soul, calling him fortiter et suaviter to obedience. "
877 3, 93 | sustained by the virtue of fortitude, whereby — as Gregory the
878 2, 60 | dignity of this rational forum and the authority of its
879 2, 30 | she today once more puts forward the Master's reply, a reply
880 1, 26 | the behaviour of those who fostered division by their teaching
881 1, 18 | is a still uncertain and fragile journey as long as we are
882 3, 89 | gave himself up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to
883 3, 87 | first and foremost, that the frank and open acceptance of truth
884 Int, 5 | as well as for a just and fraternal social life. ~If this Encyclical,
885 2, 82 | to the detriment of human fraternity and the truth about the
886 3, 87 | of the Lord and you are a freedman of the Lord. Do not go looking
887 2, 42 | achieves such dignity when he frees himself from all subservience
888 3, 86 | Revelation, to become his friend and to share his own divine
889 2, 64 | avoid being tossed to and fro by every wind of doctrine
890 1, 15 | of the Law inasmuch as he fulfils its authentic meaning by
891 3, 101 | objective moral demands of the functioning of States.160 When these
892 2, 48 | and the human act. Their functions would not be able to constitute
893 2, 78 | act depends primarily and fundamentally on the "object" rationally
894 3, 101 | and honest use of public funds, the rejection of equivocal
895 2, 74 | or pre-moral goods to be gained and the corresponding non-moral
896 Conc, 120 | the servants at Cana in Galilee during the marriage feast: "
897 3, 105 | purifies those upon whom he gazes. Before him burns a fire
898 1, 24 | Christ the love of God, generates and sustains the free response
899 3, 108 | evangelization, aimed at generating and nourishing "the faith
900 2, 36(62) | Encyclical Letter Humani Generis (August 12,1950): AAS 42 (
901 3, 100 | and in keeping with the generosity of the Lord, who 'though
902 1, 16 | moral ideal seriously and generously from childhood, the rich
903 2, 35 | 35. In the Book of Genesis we read: "The Lord God commanded
904 2, 80 | as any kind of homicide, genocide, abortion, euthanasia and
905 2, 78(129) | Liguori, Pratica di amar Gesù Cristo, VII, 3.~
906 2, 68 | sin, he offends God as the giver of the law and as a result
907 3, 87 | 100 "Serve the Lord with gladness", Saint Augustine says: "
908 3, 86 | negative decisions, man glimpses the source of a deep rebellion,
909 Conc, 120 | of God? Who can be more glorious than the one chosen by Glory
910 2, 72 | attaining one or another of its goals, or simply because the subject'
911 3, 100 | solidarity, following the Golden Rule and in keeping with
912 3, 108 | discernment of spirits, assigns governance, inspires counsels, distributes
913 3, 101 | those governing and those governed, openness in public administration,
914 2, 43 | love arranges, directs and governs the whole world and the
915 3, 112 | law a liberating truth, a grace-filled source of hope, a path of
916 3, 84 | person into situations of gradual self-destruction. According
917 3, 103 | be adapted, proportioned, graduated to the so-called concrete
918 2, 48 | its own sake — that reason grasps the specific moral value
919 2, 45 | 45. The Church gratefully accepts and lovingly preserves
920 1, 10 | moral life, caught up in the gratuitousness of God's love, is called
921 1, 22 | disciples heard this, they were greatly astounded and said, "Then
922 1, 10 | Know then, O man, your greatness, and be vigilant".17 ~What
923 3, 85 | are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God
924 2, 34(59) | Uniform Edition: Longman, Green and Company, London,1868-
925 2, 34(58) | August 15, 1832): Acta Gregoree Papae XVI, I, 169-174; Pius
926 3, 109(171) | Students of the Pontifical Gregorian University (December 15,
927 2, 46 | of moral reflection; they grew especially heated at the
928 1, 17 | the absolutely essential ground in which the desire for
929 2, 76 | theories cannot claim to be grounded in the Catholic moral tradition.
930 2, 31 | decide on their actions on grounds of duty and conscience,
931 2, 33 | A number of disciplines, grouped under the name of the "behavioural
932 2, 35 | to individuals or social groups the right to determine what
933 Conc, 120 | raised him and enabled him to grow, and she accompanied him
934 3, 99 | is no sure principle for guaranteeing just relations between people.
935 1, 27 | commandments and teachings guarantees that they will be reverently
936 3, 116 | ensure that the faithful are guarded from every doctrine and
937 3, 105 | capable of consuming our guilt (cf Joel 2:3)".165 ~
938 2, 68 | and as a result becomes guilty with regard to the entire
939 2, 35 | is not unlimited: it must halt before the "tree of the
940 1, 26 | purity of the faith and the handing down of the divine gifts
941 3, 84 | something more serious has happened: man is no longer convinced
942 Conc, 120 | theology, can make man truly happy: only the Cross and the
943 2, 69 | indicate. Likewise, it would be hard to accept that man is able,
944 1, 22 | to live up to: "For your hardness of heart Moses allowed you
945 3, 100 | trading on the ignorance or hardship of another (cf Am 8:4-6),
946 3, 103 | even amid the gravest of hardships. As Saint Andrew of Crete
947 3, 113 | teaching which in no way does harm to the doctrine of the faith".177 ~
948 3, 103 | and made to serve it in a harmonious and fruitful combination.
949 2, 50 | these two realities are harmoniously bound together, and each
950 3, 108 | counsels, distributes and harmonizes every other charismatic
951 3, 102 | but I do the very thing I hate... I do not do the good
952 1, 14 | says, 'I love God', and hates his brother, he is a liar;
953 3, 94 | their doctrines met with hatred and were killed".148 ~
954 1, 13 | begins to lift up one's head towards freedom. But this
955 3, 93 | communities themselves, a headlong plunge into the most dangerous
956 3, 108 | tongues, works wonders and healings, accomplishes miracles,
957 1, 23 | result of a gift of God who heals, restores and transforms
958 3, 116 | schools,179 universities,180 health-care facilities and counselling
959 3, 95 | separated from a profound and heartfelt respect, born of that patient
960 2, 46 | reflection; they grew especially heated at the time of the Renaissance
961 1, 18 | must be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect" (Mt 5:
962 3, 106 | Dechristianization, which weighs heavily upon entire peoples and
963 3, 97 | citizens are required to pay heed. Even though intentions
964 2, 57 | to the Romans which has helped us to grasp the essence
965 2, 29 | fruit in interesting and helpful reflections about the truths
966 3, 91 | passion, she says: " I am hemmed in on every side. For if
967 Int, 5 | Christians are called to lead henceforth a life 'worthy of the Gospel
968 2, 34 | known.58 As Cardinal John Henry Newman, that outstanding
969 3, 114 | For the Bishops are the heralds of the faith who bring new
970 2, 56 | to justify a "creative" hermeneutic according to which the moral
971 3, 93 | in prayer, to a sometimes heroic commitment. In this he or
972 | hers
973 3, 89 | set on a hill cannot be hid. Nor do men light a lamp
974 3, 105 | from your face? When you hide your face, all grows weak (
975 2, 75 | faithfulness of the person to the highest values of charity and prudence,
976 3, 111 | and dogmatic theology, to highlight through their scientific
977 3, 87 | Jesus Crucified is thus the highroad which the Church must tread
978 3, 89 | Jesus; "a city set on a hill cannot be hid. Nor do men
979 2, 53 | of our contemporaries for historicity and for culture has led
980 1, 19 | More radically, it involves holding fast to the very person
981 1, 24(34) | In Matthaeum, Hom. I,1: PG 57,15.~
982 3, 91(143) | Saint Bede the Venerable, Homeliarum Evangelii Libri, II, 23:
983 2, 80 | itself, such as any kind of homicide, genocide, abortion, euthanasia
984 2, 47 | pre-marital sexual relations, homosexual relations and artificial
985 3, 101 | convictions, the just and honest use of public funds, the
986 3, 98 | ensuring justice, solidarity, honesty and openness. ~Certainly
987 2, 80 | such acts: "Whatever is hostile to life itself, such as
988 1, 11 | holy, holy is the Lord of hosts" (Is 6:3). ~But if God alone
989 1, 12 | Every one who has left houses or brothers or sisters or
990 3, 93(146) | VII, 21, 24: PL 75, 778: "huius mundi aspera pro aeternis
991 2, 31(53) | Religious Freedom Dignitaries Humane, 1.~
992 1, 11 | God, obeying him, walking humbly with him in doing justice
993 3, 114 | to follow him in poverty, humility and love: "Come, follow
994 1, 12 | name's sake, will receive a hundredfold and inherit eternal life" (
995 2, 53(100) | and unchanging teaching (i.e., Christian doctrine in its
996 2, 81 | are themselves sins (cum iam opera ipsa peccata sunt),
997 2, 71(120) | Theologiae, I-II, q. 1, a. 3: "Idem sunt actus morales et actus
998 2, 52(94) | which are revealed to be identical in all beings endowed with
999 2, 69 | freedom which is neither to be identified with an act of choice nor
1000 2, 43 | disturb it".79 Saint Thomas identifies it with "the type of the
1001 2, 36 | of reason and of faith in identifying moral norms with reference
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