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(...) Veritatis splendor
Chap., § 501 2, 63 | the good. Furthermore, a good act which is not recognized
502 2, 63 | dispose him for the supreme good. Thus, before feeling easily
503 2, 63 | seeking what is true and good, and conscience gradually
504 2, 64 | what is true and to what is good. In the same vein, Saint
505 2, 64 | and to the love of what is good which is really the source
506 2, 64 | the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect" (
507 2, 64 | between man and the true good.110 Such a connaturality
508 2, 64 | from the truth about the good of man, but rather, especially
509 2, 65 | life for or against the Good, for or against the Truth,
510 2, 65 | acts would not be absolute Good (before which the freedom
511 2, 65 | they expressly limit moral "good" and "evil" to the transcendental
512 2, 65 | the one hand the order of good and evil, which is dependent
513 2, 67 | recognized, the only morally good act is that of obeying the
514 2, 68 | could continue to be morally good, persevere in God's grace
515 2, 72 | freedom with the authentic good. This good is established,
516 2, 72 | the authentic good. This good is established, as the eternal
517 2, 72 | law"). Acting is morally good when the choices of freedom
518 2, 72 | conformity with man's true good and thus express the voluntary
519 2, 72 | God himself, the supreme good in whom man finds his full
520 2, 72 | conversation with Jesus: "What good must I do to have eternal
521 2, 72 | conviction: the performance of good acts, commanded by the One
522 2, 72 | by the One who "alone is good", constitutes the indispensable
523 2, 72 | laws which safeguard human good.Only the act in conformity
524 2, 72 | act in conformity with the good can be a path that leads
525 2, 72 | of the human act to the good in its truth and the voluntary
526 2, 72 | voluntary pursuit of that good, known by reason, constitute
527 2, 72 | cannot be judged as morally good merely because it is a means
528 2, 72 | the subject's intention is good.122 Activity is morally
529 2, 72 | Activity is morally good when it attests to and expresses
530 2, 72 | concrete action with the human good as it is acknowledged in
531 2, 72 | in harmony with the true good of the person, the choice
532 2, 72 | ultimate end, the supreme good, God himself. ~
533 2, 73 | justice and the life which is good and in conformity with virtue...
534 2, 73 | we show ourselves to be good in our works".124 ~Consequently
535 2, 73(123)| Christians but to all men of good will in whose hearts grace
536 2, 73 | acts to God, the supreme good and ultimate end (telos)
537 2, 73 | young man to Jesus: "What good must I do to have eternal
538 2, 73 | with the authentic moral good of man, safeguarded by the
539 2, 73 | judgment of God, the just and good judge who, as the Apostle
540 2, 73 | Paul reminds us, rewards good and punishes evil: "We must
541 2, 73 | that each one may receive good or evil, according to what
542 2, 75 | reference to the truth about the good, and from its determination
543 2, 75 | acknowledged between the good and bad effects of that
544 2, 75 | with a view to the "greater good" or "lesser evil" actually
545 2, 75 | mixed with evil, and every good effect linked to other evil
546 2, 75 | possible to judge as morally "good" or "bad" the will of the
547 2, 76 | can justify, as morally good, deliberate choices of kinds
548 2, 76 | best ways to achieve the good in certain concrete situations,
549 2, 77 | or "in itself", morally good or bad, licit or illicit.
550 2, 77 | impossibility, of evaluating all the good and evil consequences and
551 2, 78 | ultimate end in the perfect good, primordial love. By the
552 2, 78 | happens that man acts with a good intention, but without spiritual
553 2, 78 | gain, because he lacks a good will. Let us say that someone
554 2, 78 | though the intention is good, the uprightness of the
555 2, 78 | Consequently, no evil done with a good intention can be excused. '
556 2, 78 | And why not do evil that good may come? Their condemnation
557 2, 78 | The reason why a good intention is not itself
558 2, 78 | to the One who "alone is good", and thus brings about
559 2, 78 | person. An act is therefore good if its object is in conformity
560 2, 78 | is in conformity with the good of the person with respect
561 2, 78 | directed to promoting the true good of the person; but it recognizes
562 2, 78 | respected. The human act, good according to its object,
563 2, 78 | It is not enough to do good works; they need to be done
564 2, 78 | well. For our works to be good and perfect, they must be
565 2 | not licit to do evil that good may come of it (cf Rom 3:
566 2, 79 | of being ordered to the good and to the ultimate end,
567 2, 79 | goods" which serve the "good of the person": the good
568 2, 79 | good of the person": the good which is the person himself
569 2, 80 | radically contradict the good of the person made in his
570 2, 80 | order to promote a greater good, it is never lawful, even
571 2, 80 | reasons, to do evil that good may come of it (cf Rom 3:
572 2, 81 | are intrinsically evil, a good intention or particular
573 2, 81 | ordered to God and to the good of the person. "As for acts
574 2, 81 | that, by doing them for good motives (causis bonis),
575 2, 81 | into an act "subjectively" good or defensible as a choice. ~
576 2, 82 | Furthermore, an intention is good when it has as its aim the
577 2, 82 | has as its aim the true good of the person in view of
578 2, 82 | case in conflict with that good. Consequently, respect for
579 2, 82 | only does not inhibit a good intention, but actually
580 2, 82 | and the truth about the good, and would be injurious
581 2, 83 | live perfectly, through his good actions, his vocation to
582 3 | POWER (1 Cor 1:17) - Moral good for the life of the Church
583 3, 84 | human person to his true good. The good of the person
584 3, 84 | person to his true good. The good of the person is to be in
585 3, 84 | bond between Truth, the Good and Freedom has been largely
586 3, 84 | decide by itself what is good and what is evil. This relativism
587 3, 84 | God is always the one true good of man".137 ~
588 3, 85 | the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect" (
589 3, 86 | Creator calls man to the true Good, and even more, through
590 3, 86 | openness to the True and the Good, and that all too often
591 3, 86 | reject the Truth and the Good in order to set himself
592 3, 88 | is found in all that is good and right and true), and
593 3, 89 | that they may see your good works and give glory to
594 3, 91 | evil in order to draw some good from it. Susanna chose for
595 3, 91 | to the truth about the good and to the God of Israel.
596 3, 91 | Lord Jesus who "made the good confession" (1 Tim 6:13)
597 3, 92 | into question, even with good intentions, whatever the
598 3, 93 | man: the confusion between good and evil, which makes it
599 3, 93 | witnessing fully to the good, they are a living reproof
600 3, 93 | Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness
601 3, 93 | those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for
602 3, 94 | absoluteness of the moral good Christians are not alone:
603 3, 95 | proposes it to all people of good will, without concealing
604 3, 95 | the person, for his true good, for his authentic freedom.
605 3, 95 | she does not agree to call good evil and evil good";151
606 3, 95 | call good evil and evil good";151 she must always be
607 3, 97 | intentions may sometimes be good, and circumstances frequently
608 3, 99 | 99. Only God, the Supreme Good, constitutes the unshakable
609 3, 99 | of every man. The Supreme Good and the moral good meet
610 3, 99 | Supreme Good and the moral good meet in truth: the truth
611 3, 101 | person and his growth in the good, but also for society and
612 3, 102 | hate... I do not do the good I want, but the evil I do
613 3, 102 | complete independence, what is good and what is evil. "You will
614 3, 102 | will be like God, knowing good and evil" (Gen 3:5): this
615 3, 104 | falsifying the standard of good and evil in order to adapt
616 3, 104 | criterion of the truth about the good, so that he can feel self-justified,
617 3, 107 | the One who "alone is good" — constitute not only a
618 3, 110 | forth the truth about the good brought to its perfection.
619 3, 111 | primordial question: What is good or evil? What must be done
620 3, 113 | be committed to the true good and to have confident recourse
621 3, 114 | Replying to the question: "What good must I do to have eternal
622 3, 117 | asked Jesus: "Teacher, what good must I do to have eternal
623 3, 117 | address this question to the "Good Teacher", since he is the
624 3, 117 | voice of the truth about good and evil. In the words spoken
625 3, 117 | voice of God who "alone is good" (cf Mt 19:17), who alone "
626 Conc, 118 | believers and people of good will, and the research of
627 Conc, 118 | perfect accomplishment of the good. This renewal, which gives
628 Conc, 118 | the ability to do what is good, noble, beautiful, pleasing
629 Conc, 120 | stray ~from the path of the good ~or become blind to sin, ~
630 Conc, 120 | May he carry out the good works prepared ~by God beforehand (
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