Elements of Moral Theology
Rev. Romanus Cessario
International Catholic University Classics Collection, recorded in 2000
In this course, the student will learn about the Church as Moral Teacher and about moral theology as a sacred science. Christ came so that we may know the truth about God and about the kind of life that leads to God. The Christian must learn to appreciate the value that revealed truth communicates to the world. In addition to imparting knowledge about God, divine revelation serves as an instrument of liberation from unsatisfactory accounts of human existence. Moral theology is the branch of theology that studies human acts so as to direct them to a loving vision of God seen as our true complete happiness and our final end. Since this vision is attained by means of grace, the virtues, and the Gifts, in the light of revelation and reason, in this course we will be covering these topics in particular.
60-minute lectures
Moral Theology: Why is it Teleological?
The Image of God (Imago Dei)
The Dynamics of Natural Law
Human Action and Virtuous Prudence
Evaluation of a Moral Action
The Virtues, Gifts, and Charisms of the Christian Moral Life
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