Chapter 12
Christian Morality:Living in the Spirit of Jesus
1. What is the general definition of morality?
2. What is the ideal of Christian morality?
3. What is the effect on a person of being open to God's love? closed to God'slove?
4. What spells out the requirements of loving God and loving neighbor?
5. List the Ten Commandments. Know how these are played out everyday, as outlined on pages 302-303.
6. What is meant by keeping the spirit of the Law, not just the letter of the Law?
7. Give brief summaries of the three themes the Catholic Church has emphasized in its moral teaching in recent decades.
8. What does the Catholic church teach about following one's conscience and responsibilty for moral actions?
9. What do Christians believe about the power of God's grace in the struggle with sin? Have you experienced this?
10. What is character? What are virtues and vices? Diagram the character cycle and describe how it works. ?
11. What are the four last things? What is the Catholic understanding of them?
12. What is the Catholic belief about what will happen at the end of time?
Vocabulary:
� morality � Great Commandment � Decalogue � commongood � free will � informed conscience � sin � character � virtues� vices � mortal sin � venial sin � Original � theological virtues � cardinal virtues � purgatory
Remember the asssigned questions from the Catechism
1. What moral rules apply in every case?
2. List anddefine the cardinal virtues.
3. List and define the theological virtues.
4. What is sin?
5. Can we sin even when we do not do the sinful action? Give four instances when we share in the responsibility of sin.