Morality Midterm

The goodness or sinfulness of human acts

A person who has no definite moral beliefs or
convictions

A solemn agreement between God and human beings
involving mutual obligations and agreements

The gift of the Holy Spirit; participation in
God’s Trinitarian life; the help God gives us to live out our vocation

A share in God’s life;
a gift from God that enables the soul to live with him and respond to his
friendship 

The help God gives us for a particular need to
help us conform our lives to his will

German Lutheran pastor during World War II, did
not agree with Hitler’s actions, was martyred 

Taking God’s love for granted 

Calling to serve God both now and forever

In the story refers to a unit of money is use at
the time; but it later came to designate all the natural endowments with which
we are born

Response to God’s love in our life

Helps us know how to live

God’s reign where people serve one another

Following the letter of the law

To do the bare minimal

Pushing ourselves to do good

Saint of church that felt a deep compassion for
those most in need

Refers to two realities. 
1) It designated the holy things like charity

2) Refers to the unity in Christ

A Greek word for Duly summoned assembly

An experience of isolation and separateness from
God and others

An experience of reuniting and reconnecting with
God and others

Hebrew for teacher, a term frequently applied to
Jesus

Written by bishops,
provided a sense of direction for the Catholic community

Written by the pope to guide church leaders and teachers as they try to instruct
the members of the community on official Catholic teaching

official letter from the pope, talks about family, peace, life, and human dignity.

discussed morality

bishops
that write special letters to their community

Name given to church law

The teaching office of the church

1)  
Awareness

2)  
Development

3)
Judgment

When a person does not employ a process of
conscientious decision machining, thereby not facing or thinking about the
morality of actions that he or she performs

A conscience that is educated and developed
through constant use and examination 

When a person follows a process of conscientious
decision making but unwittingly makes a wrong decision

When people act contrary to their conscience and
choose to do wrong

heart and conscience

Known for following his conscience

Someone who follows her or his conscience in the
face of difficulties 

The failure to love

The failure to be human

Disobedience against God by the first human
beings. This sin marks all human beings as needing the salvation brought about
through Christ

An action that weakens our relationship with God

An action so destructive that it mortally wounds
our relationship with God (complete rejection)

Not doing an action that is called for

The degree to which people are responsible for
their actions

An attitude of not getting involved, not caring,
not acting when action is called for

Ways society is structured resulting in unjust
distribution of power

Referring to sinful structures resulting from
personal sin and leading to social conditions and institutions that do not
embody God’s law of love

The attributes and features that make up our
individuality 

Good qualities, habits, or patterns of behavior
that incline us to live justly

Bad qualities, habits or patterns of behavior
that incline us to actions that are harmful to ourselves and others

three theological virutes

four cardinal sins

Honesty, genuineness, and consistency in
behavior patterns

qualities and concerns that we demonstrate as
being important through our actions

Qualities and concerns that we claim are
important to us

A community that promotes rather than obstructs
the exercise of virtue; a community that is energized by the practice of values