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10RE - Conscience: 2

This guide contains resources relating to the study of 'The Holy Spirit's action through Conscience and the Church'.

Some things to think about

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Natural Law

Moral law is natural because it’s known by reason - not written in stone or on paper, like the Commandments or the Bible. It’s moral because it applies only to moral acts - actions of human beings that involve a free act of the will. (It doesn’t apply to animals, because they don’t have the use of reason.)

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When is an act morally good?

An act is morally good when it assumes simultaneously the goodness of the object, of the end, and of the circumstances. A chosen object can by itself vitiate an act in its entirety, even if the intention is good. It is not licit to do evil so that good may result from it. An evil end corrupts the action, even if the object is good in itself. On the other hand, a good end does not make an act good if the object of that act is evil, since the end does not justify the means. Circumstances can increase or diminish the responsibility of the one who is acting but they cannot change the moral quality of the acts themselves. They never make good an act which is in itself evil.

In essence, the morality of human acts depends on:

- the object chosen;

- the end in view or the intention;

- the circumstances of the action

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What is sin?

Forgiveness and Healing

One of the most important teachings of Jesus is that God forgives and heals. Baptism forgives all sins. People can draw on the other sacraments to continue to forgive and to heal. 

Reconciliation

Anointing of the sick