II. The Old Law

From The Catechism of the Catholic Church

There were . . . under the
regimen of the Old Covenant, people who possessed the charity and grace of the
Holy Spirit and longed above all for the spiritual and eternal promises by
which they were associated with the New Law. Conversely, there exist carnal men
under the New Covenant still distanced from the perfection of the New Law: the
fear of punishment and certain temporal promises have been necessary, even
under the New Covenant, to incite them to virtuous works. In any case, even
though the Old Law prescribed charity, it did not give the Holy Spirit, through
whom “God’s charity has been poured into our hearts.”¹⁸

PART THREE: LIFE IN CHRIST