Catholic Morality and Teachings

Vocabulary flashcards covering Catholic moral principles, virtues, precepts, social teachings, and concepts of conscience and law.

Three guidelines to determine moral goodness or evil

1. Good act, 2. Good intention, and 3. You cannot change the character of an act.

Three Spiritual Virtues

1. Faith, 2. Hope, and 3. Love/charity.

Four Cardinal Virtues

1. Prudence, 2. Justice, 3. Fortitude, and 4. Temperance.

Precepts of the Catholic Church

Minimum requirements to be a practicing catholic.

Five Precepts of the Catholic Church

1. Mass on sundays and holy days, 2. Penance once a year, 3. Eucharist during Easter, 4. Fast during lent, and 5. Donate to the church.

Seven Catholic Social Teachings

Human Dignity, Participate in family and community, Rights and responsibilities, Care for poor and vulnerable, Rights of workers, Care for creation, and Solidarity.

Boundaries of human life

The teaching of the Catholic Church that all life is sacred from conception to natural death.

Formed Conscience

A conscience developed through experiences.

Informed Conscience

A conscience developed through education.

Purpose of human creation

Created to do good and avoid evil.

Common Good

The objective that a legitimate authority must be working for the sake of.

Old Law

Law rooted in the Old Testament.

New Law

Law rooted in the New Testament.

Injustices

Conditions that are man-made, not from God.