Law

Question 1

Is an ordinance of reason promulgated by competent authority for the sake of the common good?

Answer 1

Law

Question 2

Laws can only be enacted not for the private good of a few citizens

Answer 2

Common Good

Question 3

The official publication of a law, so that it can come to knowledge of the subjects

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Promulgation

Question 4

4 importance or relevance of moral norms/laws

Answer 4

1. Provide the objective criteria for our own conscience to judge what is morally good or evil
2. Help our moral development, especially in the formation of our conscience
3. Offer the needed moral stability in our lives by acting as a point of reference
4. Challenge us to stretch for an ideal beyond our limited experience and correct our moral misconceptions in the process

Question 5

Laws are necessary in order that it becomes obligatory and where laws can only be enacted by those in charge of the community as a legitimate authority

Answer 5

Promulgation

Question 6

Law is an obligatory force and not merely as recommendation or suggestion and it must be based on the insights of reason into what is truly good

Answer 6

Ordinance/Degree of Reason

Question 7

It is the universal law whereby God directs and governs the universe and the ways of human community according to his plan of wisdom and love

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Eternal law

Question 8

It is the civil law and ecclesiastical law

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Human law

Question 9

Is the plan of God in creating the universe and in assigning to each creature their specific nature?

Answer 9

Eternal law

Question 10

4 kinds (or classes) of law

Answer 10

1. Eternal/divine law
2. Natural law
3. Moral law/revealed law
4. Human law

Question 11

According to St. Thomas, it is the plan flowing from God’s wisdom which directs all actions and movement

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Eternal law

Question 12

It is the old law and the new law or law of the gospel

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Moral law/revealed law

Question 13

Laws which govern the development of living things

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Biological laws

Question 14

It is the law written and engraves in the soul of each and every man because it is human reason ordaining him to do good and forbidding him to sin

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Natural law

Question 15

Laws which is the participation of eternal law in rational creature

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Natural law

Question 16

Each being tends towards a particular end that revels the will of God which contains the divine blue prints that bring order into the universe by directing all of creation, living or nonliving, to their respective end-goals

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Eternal law

Question 17

Laws which rule both irrational and rational creatures

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Physical laws

Question 18

Laws which governs abstract quality

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Mathematical laws

Question 19

A type of divine wisdom. The creator, therefore, has in himself the type of what creatures are to do to attain their end and purpose

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Eternal law

Question 20

3 reason why we should learn the laws that govern the universe

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1. We gain freedom
2. Freedom within these laws
3. Increases our freedom

Question 21

According to St. Augustine, it is the divine reason and/or the will of God Himself commanding the preservation of natural law and forbidding its disturbance

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Eternal law

Question 22

Pertains to the moral insights of people are capable of knowing by means of their reason, and independently of verbal revelation to God

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Natural law

Question 23

The basic precept of natural

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Do good, avoid evil

Question 24

Is a participation in God’s wisdom and goodness by man formed in the image of his Creator?

Answer 24

Natural law

Question 25

Natural law is one and the same for all classes of people possess equal dignity hence possess equal rights

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Unity and invariability

Question 26

The medium of cognition is reason alone

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Natural law

Question 27

God is the author of the laws governing the universe. He designed all the laws of the universe in His own infinite mind

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Eternal law

Question 28

Natural law cannot be changed

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Immutability

Question 29

Governs man’s/woman’s behavior. Contains truths and ethical principles which guide people’s conduct on matters of right or wrong

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Moral law

Question 30

Is a preparation for the Gospel? It is overflowing with wisdom

Answer 30

Old law

Question 31

5 laws of the Lord

Answer 31

1. The law of the Lord is perfect, refreshing the soul 2. The decree of the Lord is trustworthy, giving wisdom to the simple 3. The precepts of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart 4. The command of the Lord is clear, enlightening the eyes 5. The ordinances of the Lord are true, and all of them just

Question 32

Is the grace of the Holy Spirit received by faith in Christ, operating through charity? It finds expression above all in the Lord’s Sermon on the Mount

Answer 32

New law

Question 33

Is the first stage or revealed law. Its moral prescriptions are summed in the Ten Commandments

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Old law

Question 34

The application of natural law in given societies

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Civil laws (state)

Question 35

The law sets us free from the ritual and juridical observances of the old law, inclines us to act spontaneously by the prompting of charity

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Law of freedom

Question 36

6 properties of human law

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1. It is enforceable 2. It is concerned with external conduct only 3. It is limited to particular groups 4. It is historically conditioned 5. It has presumptive obligatory force 6. It is fallible

Question 37

Contains regulation promulgated by legitimate human authority intended to preserve peace and harmony directing each members of the society to word towards the common good

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Human law

Question 38

Human law is inevitably changed

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It is historically conditioned

Question 39

Fulfills and surpasses the old law and brings it to perfection: its promises, through the beatitudes of the kingdom of heaven; its commandments, by reforming the heart, the root of human acts.

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New law

Question 40

It specifies what a person ought or not to do in order to lead one to the highest good and absolute end – God

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Moral law

Question 41

In human law, coercion is necessary

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It is enforceable

Question 42

5 inclinations of human nature and the natural law

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1. The inclination to the good 2. The inclination to self-preservation 3. The inclination to sexual union and rearing of offspring 4. The inclination to knowledge of the truth 5. The inclination to live in society

Question 43

The law makes us act out of the love infused by the Holy Spirit, rather than from fear

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Law of love

Question 44

Natural law for all individuals

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Universality

Question 45

The law confers the strength of grace to act, by means of faith and the sacraments

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Law of grace

Question 46

The application of divine law to the Christian community

Answer 46

Ecclesiastical law (Church)

Question 47

The human law is the social order and external compliance of the law

Answer 47

It is concerned with external conduct only

Question 48

It tells one how to act in relation to God and other individuals

Answer 48

Moral law

Question 49

Is a law of love, a law of grace, a law of freedom?

Answer 49

New law

Question 50

The human law is limited only to the community

Answer 50

It is limited to particular groups

Question 51

2 divisions of human law

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1. State – civil laws | 2. Church – ecclesiastical law

Question 52

Human Laws must: (5)

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1. Conform with divine laws 2. Promote the common good 3. Just and not discriminatory 4. Dynamic 5. Practicable

Question 53

3 essential characteristics of natural law

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1. Universality 2. Unity and invariability 3. Immutability

Question 54

In human law, the subjects has no right to disobey the law even have doubts about utility or justice

Answer 54

It has presumptive obligatory force