A folio of the Lindisfarne Gospels Ethics & Moral Life

Charity

One of the 3 theological virtues, it envisages the love of God above all things and love of neighbor as oneself, the so-called greatest of the 3 theological virtues.

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One of the 3 theological virtues, it envisages the love of God above all things and love of neighbor as oneself, the so-called greatest of the 3 theological virtues.

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  • Natural Law — God's plan written into the way he made things. Human intelligence and reflection can aid in discovering it and living a life in harmony with it. This is revealed in the book of general revelation or the book of…

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  • Abortion Terminology — The expulsion of a fetus from the mother's womb for the express purpose of ending the pregnancy and killing the fetus.
  • Adultery Terminology — Sexual relations between a married person and another who is not one's marriage partner.
  • Duty Terminology — something that is owed
  • Euthanasia Terminology — "Mercy killing": bringing about the death of a person through direct or indirect means, including the withholding of sustenance from those unable to provide it for themselves.
  • Natural Law Terminology — God's plan written into the way he made things. Human intelligence and reflection can aid in discovering it and living a life in harmony with it. This is revealed in the book of general revelation or the book of…

Provenance

From the legacy CCWV definitions list, carried into the database as an entry of its own. Spelling of headwords is corrected, and where a legacy definition stated one tradition's judgment as the definition itself, the judgment is now attributed to that tradition.