LO’s:

Identify the sources and foundations of Catholic Ethics.

Interpret the principles of Catholic Social Teaching worksheet

Identify some of your own ethics, do they match up?

The Foundations of Catholic Ethics

Sufjan Stevens

To Be Alone With You Lyrics  I'd swim across lake MichiganI'd sell my shoesI'd give my body to be back againIn the rest of the room

To be alone with youTo be alone with youTo be alone with youTo be alone with you

Prayer

You gave your body to the lonelyThey took your clothesYou gave up a wife and a familyYou gave your goals

To be alone with meTo be alone with meTo be alone with meYou went up on a tree

To be alone with me you went up on the tree

I'll never know the man who loved me

You will receive a card with either an ethical approach, or a definition to a particular ethical approach. You are

meant to find your match with another classmate.

Starter Activity

“For a monumental struggle against the powers of

darkness pervades the whole history of man. The battle was joined from the very origins of the world and will continue until the last day, as the lord has made clear. Caught in this conflict, man is obliged to wrestle constantly if he is to cling to what is good, nor can he achieve his own integrity without great efforts and the help of God’s grace.”

(Gaudium Et Spes – Pastoral constitution on the Church in the modern world, 1965)

Ethics is er-where, always has been

Scripture

Is the inspired Word of God. It is the primary and most important source as it contains the record of God’s self-revelation firstly in the life of the people of Israel and then in the

life, death and resurrection of Jesus.

Key ethical teachings come in the form of :

The Ten Commandments. Jesus’ teachings - The Beatitudes.

‘Love one another as I have loved you’ (John 15:12)

Sources of Catholic Ethics

This is the record of the believing community. What is passed on to the

current community from the ancestors in faith starting with the apostles and

those who have succeeded them.It comes in the form of :

Creeds, Decrees of Church councils, Treatises. And theological works of

scholars – These are all examples of Church tradition.

Tradition

This is the teaching arm of the Church which is

carried out by the Pope and the Bishops . The Magisterium is able to teach or interpret

the truths of the Faith, and it does so infallibly. (free from error)

The task of interpreting divine revelation (God’s Self revelation) authentically has been entrusted solely to the Magisterium of the Church, that is, to the Pope and to the bishops in communion with him.

  Examples of the teachings of the church

come in the form of - Papal Encyclicals, Pastoral letters from Bishops are examples that come from the magisterium

 

The Magisterium

Pull out a highlighter. Grab a partner. Split up the reading.

After you’ve finished the sections discuss them with your

partner and match up your notes.

Take a Look…

Questions?

♠ What moral values do you hold?

♠ Do your moral values match up with those of the Catholic

Church?♠ To whom are you morally

accountable?