Morality Section 1 Parts 2 and 3

Sometimes called the "commandments" of the Church; these are the basic obligations for all Catholics.

• Precepts of the Church

• Magisterium

• Pentateuch

• Levitical Law

Divine Law revealed in the New Testament through the life and teaching of Jesus Christ and through the witness and teaching of the Apostles.

• Old Law

• New Law

• Canon Law

• Eternal Law

Church's living, teaching office, which consists of the Pope and all bishops in communion with him.

• Justification

• Magisterium

• Paschal Mystery

• Sanctification

Divine Law revealed in the Old Testament summarized in the Ten Commandments. Also called the Law of Moses.

• Canon Law

• New Law

• Old Law

• Eternal Law

A type of moral law that can be understood through the use of reason; a God-given ability to understanding what it means to be in right relationship with God others, the world and ourselves.

• Old Law

• New Law

• Natural Law

• Eternal Law

The official body of Church law.

• Old Law

• New Law

• Canon Law

• Eternal Law

The order in creation that reflects God's will and purpose; it is always true and never changes.

• Old Law

• New Law

• Natural Law

• Eternal Law

Another name for the Ten commandments

• Decalogue

• Old Law

• New Law

• Magisterium

Jesus' summary of the entire divine Law as the love of God and the love of neighbor

• Decalogue

• Great Commandments

• New Law

• Gospel

Gift of the Holy Spirit to the whole Church by which the leaders of the church- the pope and the bishops in union with him- are protected from fundamental error when formulating a specific teaching on a matter of faith and morals

• Infallibility

• Magisterium

• Canon Law

• New Law