Lecture Notes on Morality and Sacraments

Flashcards for review of lecture notes on morality, natural law, sin, and sacraments.

Natural Law

The essence or nature of what something is

Synderesis

Do good, avoid evil

Eternal Law

Logic behind creation, how God created the universe and how he meant it to be.

Natural Law

The essence or nature of what something is

Meaning of “natural”

To fulfill the action God intended you to do (Same thing as natural law)

Positive Precept

What natural law requires you to do (DO this)

Negative Precept

What natural law demands not to do (DON'T do this)

Immutable

Unchangeable by nature cannot be altered

Permanent

Everlasting

Universal

All humans must follow it

Civil Law

What the government/law enforces us to do, derived from natural law (The actual law we follow in real life)

Definition of Conscience

A judgment of reason.

Objective

Erroneous/Correct (What is ACTUALLY right by the church)

Subjective

Certain/Doubtful (What YOU BELIEVE is right or wrong)

Inviolability

Conscience is violated when forcing them to go against their conscience

Definition of Conscience

Judgment of Reason

Definition of Sin

An offense against God, against right conscience. A failure in genuine love for God

Malice

Desire to do something evil or to hurt somebody

"Unforgivable Sin"

Sin against the Holy Spirit, refusing to accept Gods forgiveness and refusing to repent

Selfishness

Seeking personal advantage without regard to others

Idolatry

To make a person or thing more important than God

Mortal Sin

Serious and deadly sin that breaks our relationship with God (Can fix relationship with God through contrition)

Venial Sin

Slight sin that hurts our relationship with God but doesn't end it

Temptation

Something we desire but have to sin in order to obtain (Temptation is not a sin, you are demanded to resist it)

Matter

Acts of the Penitent (Contrition, Confession, Satisfaction)

Form

The words of absolution

Minister

Priest or Bishop

perfect Contrition

Sorrow out of the love for God, Necessary for mortal sin

General Confession

Confess all sins in your lifetime

General Absolution

Group Penance, only done when not enough time to administer individually

Imperfect Contrition

Sorrow due to the fear of punishment, necessary for penance

Seal of Confession

Priests can never reveal confessions

Matter : Anointing of the Sick

The oil of the sick and laying of hands

Form : Anointing of the Sick

Minsters prayer during anointing

Minister : Anointing of the Sick

Priest or Bishop

Viaticum

The last communion before death

Materialism

The opinion that only things that physically exist are real

Apostasy

Total rejection of the faith

Heresy

Denial of a truth of the faith

Virtue of Charity

Empowers us to love God above all things

Who should receive the annointing of the sick?

Someone who is close to dying or someone who has already died

Virtue of Faith

Enables us to believe in God

Atheism

Denial of the existence of God

Agnosticism

Claiming that Gods existence is impossible to prove

Schism

Breaking away from the church, seperation

Hope

A deep confidence that God will give us salvation

Agape

Selfless giving love, making someone else happy at the cost of yourself

Occult

Practices or objects that involve supernatural or magical powers

Spiritism

Summoning the dead

Sacrilege

Treating holy things irreverently

Blasphemy

Disrespect toward God

Perjury

Making a promise you have no intent to fulfill

Virtue of Religion

Virtue by which we give GOd what we owe him

Idolatry

The worship of false Gods or the worship of a created being

Polytheism

Belief in more than one God

Syncretism

Combining or synchronizing more than one religion

Superstition

Relating Magical power to objects

Divination

Using the occult to seek hidden knowledge

Magic

Trying to gain a good or bad effect from an occult

Wicca

Natural spiritual forces for purposes of healing or bringing benefits to oneself or other

Tempting God

Asking God to prove his power

Simony

To buy/sell objects relating to black magic, spirituality

Sorcery

Magic by use of demonic powers

Cursing

Calling evil upon another

Sunday Obligation

Catholics have an obligation to attend every sunday mass unless very ill

Obligations of Children to parents

Children must obey their parents and parents must care for their children

Euthanasia

Ending life to eliminate suffering

The Pill and micro abortions

Micro-abortions are caused by hormonal methods of birth control

Organ transplants/donation

Organ donation is acceptable and praiseworthy The donor must give consent and the organs removal cannot be the cause of death

How sexual acts can be an offense to God

We cannot make sex what we want, God made it have a purpose

Conjugal act

Martial act, Sexual intercourse

Abstinence

Not engaging in sexual intercourse temporarily (until marriage)

Celibacy

A permanent vow of remaining unmarried and abstinent for the sake of Christ

Fornication

Sexual intercourse between two unmarried people

The commodification of human life

Treating human life as a product

Chastity (for single or married)

Virtue that helps us live our sexuality in a pure, respectful, and holy way according to our state in life.

Sins: 7th, 8th, & 10th Commandments

Lie, steal, usury, lack of discretion, calumny, detraction

Confidentiality

When kept and when not

Sacraments

Reparation, Holy Orders, Matrimony,