Living the Faith: Christian Morality (Handout No. 1) - Flashcards

Fill-in-the-blank flashcards covering key concepts from the notes on Christian Morality, including the Rich Young Man, relationship with God, commandments, following Christ, responsibility, faith, and the Church.

Morality came from the Latin word '' which means customs or manner.

moralis

Morality is defined as the ability to know right from wrong, good from evil, and , and our commitment to do what is right.

appropriate and inappropriate

To gain eternal life, Jesus told the Rich Young Man to 'keep all the __.'

commandments

Jesus said to the Rich Young Man, 'If you wish to be perfect, go, sell what you have and give to the poor and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, me.'

follow

Christian Morality is more than rules; it is being faithful to our covenantal relationship with God, who is love and has called us to .

love

God is the perfect norm of goodness because He is the perfect standard or model of what it means to be .

good

The Commandments express clearly how to love .

God and neighbor

If you love me, you will keep my .

commandments

Christian Morality is following Christ; it entails a life of detaching from worldly possessions so as to follow wholeheartedly.

Jesus

Christian morality is our to God's free gift of love and salvation offered to us by His Son, Jesus.

response

The second aspect of Christian morality is the to respond, the ability to love, the ability to say 'yes' to God.

ability

For Filipino Christians, faith life strengthens moral motivation with uniquely Christian motives; it gives the Christian the proper motivation to follow Jesus, the Way, the Truth, and the .

Life

CFC 738 describes faith influencing moral life by offering a new distinctive Christian vision of moral good and developing Christ-like and values.

attitudes

Jesus is the '' that illumines our conscience with the truth.

light

The Church serves as the community of moral ; bishops issue directives after reflection and discussion.

deliberation

The Church grounds Christians’ moral development through moral , customs, and ways of acting.

instructions

The Church supplies much of the content of Christian morality—Ten Commandments, Beatitudes, and the Precepts of the Catholic Church.

Precepts