1-Intro-to-Christian-Morality.pptx

What are the things that we need to
discuss?

Coverage of the Discussion
1. Morality
Rightness or
wrongness of a
human conduct,
attitude, character,
manners, behavior
2. Human Person
As agent and
origin of human
action
3. Human Acts
Acts originating
from reason and
freewill
4. Sin
Human act that
leads to a wrong
(sinful) choice
5. Moral Law and
Grace
Law from God
which directs all
men to act in a
right way
6. Decalogue
The Ten
Commandments
as basis of
Christian Living

Intro duction to
Christian
Morality
01
Terms that we need to know and understand:
Morality, Custom, moral, immoral, amoral,
Christian Morality, Catholic Morality

Introduction to
Christian Morality
Morality deals about the rightness or
wrongness of a human conduct,
attitiude, character, manners and
behavior in accordance with the
accepted norm of the society

Etymology and Definition
Terms that we need to know and understand:
Morality, Custom, moral, immoral, amoral,
Christian Morality, Catholic Morality

Etymology
Morality > Latin> mos, moris which means custom
Custom - a more or less permanent moral
behavior in accordance with the precepts of the
natural law which is universally known and
common to all men.
For instance, telling the truth, honoring one’s
parents, respecting life, respecting the property of
others, extra judicial killing, abortion
Morality – is all about the rightness and
wrongness of an action in relation to a standard
or norm of conduct, or it has something to do
with quality of human conduct, behavior, attitude

What norm or law determines a moral behavior?
Civil Law Church Law

Etymology and Definition
Since Morality has something to do with
quality of human conduct, (rightness of
human conduct = good = moral; wrongness
of human conduct = bad/evil = immoral;
neither good or evil = amoral), it leads to the
idea of [conduct, behavior, attitude] a action
such as moral, immoral and amoral act.
MORAL = good act
IMMORAL = evil act
AMORAL = the action is neither good or evil
(the action is not good or evil; it is
simply termed as indifferent
sitting (intention evil or good)

Can you react on this statement?
Not all legal are moral

The French theologian and philosopher
Antonin Sertillanges defines morality as,
“the science of what man ought to be by
reason of what he is.”
Michael Pennock provides us a brief
elaboration of the three important
elements in this definition.
As a science – for the more human
knowledge expands, the more refined
mankind’s moral can become; the more
we learn about ourselves, the more we
learn what is right from what is wrong.
Definition

.
The French theologian and philosopher
Antonin Sertillanges defines morality as,
“the science of what man ought to be by
reason of what he is.”

Morality as, “the science of what man
ought to be by reason of what he is.”
1. As a science – for the more human
knowledge expands, the more refined
mankind’s moral can become; the
more we learn about ourselves, the
more we learn what I right from what
is wrong.

Morality as, “the science of what man
ought to be by reason of what he is.”
2. of what man ought to be – Morality
is concerned of what we ought to be
Morality is not concerned with how
things should be but on how people
should act.

3. by reason of what he is
As children of God, with basic DIGNITY
AND eternal DESTINY, persons are
meant to ACT according to persons
they are meant to be.
We are ALL EQUAL by Origin, Dignity
and Destiny
What is the dignity of man?
Man is created in the IMAGE and
LIKENESS of GOD

What is the dignity of Man here?

Response
A response to God’s love and gift of
salvation through Jesus Christ
It disposes the human person to
pattern one’s behavior to the life
of Jesus in loving and humble
service of the Father and entire
humankind.
Morality is a constant call of
following Jesus.
Morality can be summed up in one word
RESPONSIBILITY
(Michael Pennock)
Ability
It is the ability to respond to God, the
ability to love, the ability to follow
his commandments
This ability does not depend on our
talents, skills, strengths, ideas,
insights, abilities, actions and
deeds.
It is anchored through the Holy Spirit
( love and gifts of the Holy Spirit)
at baptism.

CHRISTIAN MORALITY
It is concerned in identifying and explaining the
principles that determine the quality of human
behavior in the light of Christian revelation.
It disposes the human person to pattern one’s
behavior to the life of Jesus in loving and humble
service of the Father and entire humankind.
Jesus taught us in his words and deeds the two
greatest commandments – to love God and to love
one’s neighbor, and this one can only be carried out
through the guidance of the Holy Spirit.
CATHOLIC MORALITY
It is a Christian Morality guided by the
teachings of the Church.
“ A Catholic faithful believes that Jesus
entrusted his teaching authority to the
Church and that the Church has the
responsibility to offer guidance, help and
direction in the solving of moral
problems.”

Foundations of Christian Morality

Natural Law
Truth
Freedom Conscience
To do always
what is good,
not to do
always what
you llike
Law derived from
God’s commandment
that guides all men to
do the right thing
Truth based on
the Values and
Teachings of
Jesus
“Always do
good and avoid
always what is
evil”

Freedom
To do always
what is good,
not to do
always what
you llike
God created us in the state of freedom.
We are at liberty to choose, (based on
reason and will), whether to act in a
specific situation. We are responsible
for our choices. With these choices, we
choose our own ultimate destiny: that
of eternal life with God or that of
death.

Truth
Truth based on
the Values and
Teachings of
Jesus
We believe that moral truth is objective,
and not relative to the subjective whims
of culture and taste. It is valid at all
times and everywhere. God is the
ultimate source of all moral truth.

Natural Law
Law derived from
God’s
commandment that
that guides all men
to do the right thing
The natural law, the Catholic Church
teaches, is the basis for legitimate
human or positive law. The moral law
presupposes the rational order,
established among creatures for their
good and to serve their final end, by the
power, wisdom, and goodness of the
Creator. It is the foundation of universal
ethic.

Conscience
“Always do good
and avoid always
what is evil”
Conscience is a practical judgment of
reason deciding upon an individual act
as good as to be performed and evil as
to be avoided.
This is our ability to make practical
decision in light of ethical values and
principles.
The voice of conscience is always
guiding us to always do good and avoid
evil.
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3. by reason of what he is – As
children of God, with basic DIGNITY
AND eternal DESTINY, persons are
meant to ACT according to persons
they are meant to be.
We are ALL EQUAL by Origin, Dignity
and Destiny
What is the dignity of man?
Importance of Christian Morality

The Jesuit priest: Fr. Michael Moga
outlines the basic purpose or
importance of Morality.
For him, Morality is:
1. a guide to the fullness of freedom
2. the entrance of the eternal into the
life of man
3. a guide to the fullness of human
development
4. a guide towards reality
5. a guide toward meaning

1. A guide to the fullness of freedom
Morality reveals the ultimate
purpose of human freedom. The ultimate
meaning of freedom is to live in accord
with natural law. Human is oriented
towards the development of mature
responsibility and commitment. Man
grows as a free individual when he
gradually becomes committed to
persons and causes. Man is meant to use
his freedom in order to grow to this state
of mature responsibility, a state of full
development.

2. The entrance of the eternal into the
life of man
Morality plays an important role in
raising man’s life to the level of the
eternal, that is, man can discover
eternity by raising his life above the
passing needs of time by living in terms
of eternal values. Values such as bravery,
justice, love, truth, beauty etc., rose
above time and forever.

3. A guide to the fullness of human development
Morality is not just a matter of external restrictions or
prohibitions but an inner law which leads man and communities
toward growth.
I grow, as a human individual, I become mature and responsible in
life, functioning fully as a member of the family and community and
moving towards this realization.

4. A guide towards reality
Morality reveals to man his identity as limited,
dependent and a being related to others.

5. A guide toward meaning
Morality leads man into a
more meaningful existence. Man can
possibly try to exist only to satisfy
his own hunger, to eat, drink, and be
merry but such style of living and
existence will ultimately lose its
meaning. It is only when man
recognizes the needs of others and
the call of God and responds to
these that his life becomes fully
meaningful.

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