Morality and God's Love, Unit 4, Chapter 10

Fifth Commandment

You shall not kill.

murder

What is the obvious sin prohibited by the Fifth Commandment?

scandal

An action or attitude—or the failure to act—that leads another person into sin.

seamless garment of life

An image teaching that all human life must be protected from natural conception to natural death.

abortion

The deliberate termination of a pregnancy by killing the unborn child.

excommunication

A severe penalty that results from grave sin identified in Church law.

euthanasia

A direct action, or a deliberate lack of action, causing the death of a person who is disabled, sick, or dying.

suicide

Deliberately taking one's own life; wrong because it is God's will that we preserve our life.

death penalty

What is inadmissible in today's world because we can keep dangerous criminals locked away for life?

legitimate defense

The teaching that you can use the amount of force necessary to defend yourself or your nation.

just war

The teaching that a state may use war to protect its citizens only if strict criteria are met.

prenatal testing

Testing an embryo or fetus for diseases or birth defects while it is still in the womb.

genetic engineering

What is the manipulation of an ovum or fetus's DNA coding?