Unit 3 Catholic Social Teaching

Related to the state and its citizens

• civil

• state

• justice

• underground church

This type of justice calls for fairness in agreements and contracts between individuals. It is an equal exchange of good, money or services.

• commutative justice

• corporal works of mercy

• spiritual works of mercy

• reparation

Charitable actions that respond to people's physical needs and show respect for human dignity.

• corporal works of mercy

• spiritual works of mercy

• spiritual goods

• restitution

From a Latin word meaning "to separate or distinguish between," the practice of listening to God's call in our lives and distinguishing between good and bad choices.

• discernment

• restitution

• structures of sin

• works of justice

An action so contrary to the will of God that it results in complete separation from God and his grace.

• Mortal sin

• social sin

• sin

• structures of sin

Expresses the original moral that God gave us that enables us to discern by our intellect and reason what is good and what is evil.

• Natural law

• eternal law

• Moral law

• civil law

Making amends for something one did wrong that caused harm to another person or led to loss.

• reparation

• restitution

• spiritual goods

• commutative justice

Making things right with another person or people who have been harmed by an injustice, or returning or replacing what rightfully belongs to another

• restitution

• reparation

• spiritual good

• temporal good

An deliberate offense in word, deed, or desire, against the will of God. Wounds the human nature and injures solidarity.

• sin

• mortal sin

• social sin

• structures of sin

The impact that every personal sin has on other people; sin that directly attacks others' life, freedom, dignity, or rights; and the collective effect of many people's sin over time, which corrupts society and its institutions by creating "Structures of Sin"

• Social sin

• Personal sin

• Structures of sin

• mortal sin