St. Pauls Moral Teaching and the CCC

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St. Pauls Moral Teaching and the CCC

• Based upon the Sources of Christian Ethics, by S.
  Pinckaers, OP, and Part III of the Catechism

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Relationship of Faith and Morality

• Joseph Fuchs
• Categorical-behavior, norms, values
• Transcendent-attitudes and Christian spirit that
  penetrate moral categories
• A practical separation of Faith and Morality
• Scripture and specific content of Ethics
• Fragmenting Scriptures

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St. Pauls Response to the Problem

• Gospel encounters Jewish Law and Greek Philosophy
• Roman morality
• Pauls Mode of Attack
• Greeks-Rom 1.21
• Jews- Rom. 2.17-24

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Pauls Proclamation of Gospel Morality

• IntroductionRom. 116-17
• Development and Explanation
• 1 Cor 1.22-25 2.2, 5-7,10
• Rom 321-26, 30
• Gal 2.16
• A new virtueFaith
• The Person of Jesus
• New possibilities and power for action

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Faith Source of Morality in Paul

• Virtue
• A New Creature
• In Christ
• A new creation 2 Cor 517
• Ones being is no longer ones own
• A profound change of personality (of who one is)
• See VS 18

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Personality

• Rom 66, 13
• Eph 422-24
• Faith generates a new person
• Conversion
• Gal 516 ff
• Daily Moral Combat Rom 722-23

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Life According to the Spirit

• Spirit is a New Life Principle-Rom 813
• Life According to the Spirit-Rom 812-15 Gal
  5-6 Col 3-4 Eph 4-6
• Life in Christ Imitation
• Gal 2.20-21 Rom 6.11
• Not an outward imitation
• Not by our strength

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Virtues

• Charity
• Human Virtues
• Faith and Charity make use of them
• Transform them
• Phil 4.8
• A Modification of the Moral Agent from within
• Inserted into the new spiritual organism by grace
• Restructuring on Humility and Charity
• Joy and Peace

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Catechism

• Virtues 1803
• Human 1804-1809
• Grace and Human Virtues 1810-1811
• Theological Virtues 1812-1829
• Gifts and Fruits of the Spirit 1830-1832