St' Thomas Aquinas and the Catechism of the Catholic Church

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The Law

• St. Thomas Aquinas and the Catechism of the
  Catholic Church

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The treatise on the Evangelical Law

• The correspondence between St. Paul and the
  Sermon on the Mount
• Christological Character of the Treatise

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Treatise on the Law

• ST I-II, qq. 90-108
• Law-an extrinsic principle of human acts
• Originates in God
• Reason
• What is the end of the law?
• What is the end of human action?

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Treatise on Law

• rationis ordinatio ad bonum commune, ab eo, qui
  curam communitatis habet, promulgata

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Kinds of Law

• Eternal Law
• What does it have to do with Divine Providence?
• Natural Law
• What does it have to do with Divine Providence?
• How is it promulgated?
• Human Law
• Fallible?
• Divine Law
• Old
• New

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The New Law

• Two elements
• Grace of the Holy Spirit
• Teachings of faith, commandments, Scripture,
  Sacraments
• Theology and the New Law
• Holy Spirit and Virtues
• Infused Moral Virtues
• New Law and Reason
• Sermon on the Mount
• Moral Precepts and Virtue
• The Law of Freedom
• The Evangelical Counsels