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Ioannes Paulus PP II
Encyclical Letter
(1993 08 06)
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Ioannes Paulus PP. II
Blessing
INTRODUCTION
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Jesus Christ, the true light that enlightens everyone
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The purpose of the present Encyclical
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CHAPTER I - "TEACHER, WHAT GOOD MUST I DO...? " - Christ and the answer to the question about morality
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"Someone came to him..."
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"Teacher, what good must I do to have eternal life?"
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"There is only one who is good"
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"If you wish to enter into life, keep the commandments"
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"If you wish to be perfect"
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"Come, follow me"
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"With God all things are possible"
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"Lo, I am with you always, to the close of the age"
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CHAPTER II - "DO NOT BE CONFORMED TO THIS WORLD ": - The Church and the discernment of certain tendencies in present-day moral theology
Teaching what befits sound doctrine
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"You will know the truth, and the truth will make you free"
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I. Freedom and Law
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"Of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat"
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"God left man in the power of his own counsel"
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Blessed is the man who takes delight in the law of the Lord
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"What the law requires is written on their hearts"
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"From the beginning it was not so"
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II. Conscience and truth
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Man's sanctuary
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The judgment of conscience
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Seeking what is true and good
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III. Fundamental choice and specific kinds of behaviour
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"Only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh"
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Mortal and venial sin
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IV. The moral act
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Teleology and teleologism
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The object of the deliberate act
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"Intrinsic evil": it is not licit to do evil that good may come of it
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CHAPTER III - "LEST THE CROSS OF CHRIST BE EMPTIED OF ITS POWER - Moral good for the life of the Church and of the world
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"For freedom Christ has set us free".
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Walking in the light
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Martyrdom, the exaltation of the inviolable holiness of God's law
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Universal and unchanging moral norms at the service of the person and of society
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Morality and the renewal of social and political life
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Grace and obedience to God's law
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Morality and new evangelization
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The service of moral theologians
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Our own responsibilities as Pastors
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CONCLUSION
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Mary, Mother of Mercy