I. The Natural Moral Law
1955
The “divine and natural” law6 shows man the way to follow so
as to practice the good and attain his end. the natural law states the first
and essential precepts which govern the moral life. It hinges upon the desire
for God and submission to him, who is the source and judge of all that is good,
as well as upon the sense that the other is one’s equal. Its principal precepts
are expressed in the Decalogue. This law is called “natural,” not in
reference to the nature of irrational beings, but because reason which decrees
it properly belongs to human nature:
- SECTION ONE MAN’S VOCATION LIFE IN THE SPIRIT
- CHAPTER THREE GOD’S SALVATION: LAW AND GRACE
- Article 1 THE MORAL LAW
- I. The Natural Moral Law
- Article 1 THE MORAL LAW
- CHAPTER THREE GOD’S SALVATION: LAW AND GRACE
From The Catechism of the Catholic Church – rosary.team
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