TOB Part II and III

faithful love

love that is committed and keeps its promises despite one’s own feeling

total love

to love without conditions, holding nothing back; to make one’s life a gift to another

free love

love that is not controlled or manipulated by another person or disordered desire; you love freely because you want to

fruitful love

love that is life-giving because it is free, total, and faithful; it is ordered toward procreation in the physical realm, and life-giving in the emotional and spiritual realm

relative truth/relativism

the idea that truth and morality exist in relation to culture, society, or historical context and are not absolute

objective truth

reality, as it is, apart from what we think or feel about it

virtue

a firm habit of doing what is good

body soul composite

the human person being at once corporal and spiritual

happiness

activity of living a human life well by which we attain to what is truly good for us

authentic freedom

living out the truth of who we are and for what we were created

freewill

the ability given by God to make decisions between right and wrong

dignity of persons

The inherent and unchanging value of all persons as a direct result of their being created by God in His image and likeness