THEN 102 - Revelation
● God- source of morality
● Man - agent of morality
Human Act
● Object of Morality
○ Voluntary
○ Knowledge
○ Free Will
Acts of Man
1
● Involuntary
Revelation
● God reaching out to us in fellowship
● To communicate and get to know Him
3
● “Revelare” - to lift the veil
● Divine —> Human
2
○ Respond
◆ Love Him
1
◆ Know Him
◆ Serve Him
God reveals Himself to us in 3 Ways
. Natural Revelation
○ In creation, there is beauty, order, sustenance (Divine Providence)
. Natural Moral Law
○ The more we do good, the more we feel God’s presence
. Public Revelation
○ Sacred Scripture and Tradition
Jesus Christ as the Fulfillment of Revelation
Human Response
. In Love
○ Love of God
○ Love of Neighbor
● Radical Love (Best) - Love for Everyone
● Sacrificial/Unconditional Love (Greatest) (Agape)
● Lex - Legis - Legislation
● Lex Talionis —> became Law of Love
○ An eye for an eye
● God’s Love is Universal
2
○ Everyone - including Non-Believers
● God’s Love transcends everything
. In Humble Recognition of Incompetence
● Morality begins with incompleteness (limitations)
● Recognition that we lack something
● Concupiscence - tendency to commit sin
● St Augustine - Previous bad boy (Converted)
. Towards Social Justice and Equality
● Justice - what is due and what is deserved
● Confession —> Penance —> Retribution (Application of Justice)
● Not a short term solution, not using our surplus to help the poor (should involve things we
actually value) , not helping the poor to make us feel better
● Fight the root cause of problems
● Our prophetic mission
○ Remind people
◆ of the covenant
◆ of our duties
○ Spokesperson of the Lord
The Mystery of Human Sinfulness
(Turning Away from God)
Sin
● Fall of Man ( Genesis Chapter 3)
○ Started from the cunning serpent
○ Serpent was beautiful before (possibly) and was cursed after such encounter with
Adam and Eve
● Humans are capable of living a life of Holines are also capable of living a life of evil and sin
● Number one reasoning “ Tao lang”
● Tendency to commit sin - concupiscence
● “Original sin is erased by Baptism, but concupiscence still prevails”
Original Justice
● Before Fall of Man
Preternatural Gift - beyond natural
○ Immortality
◆ Donum Immortalitatis
○ Integrity
◆ Donum Integritatis
◆ buo ang pagkatao
○ Infused Knowledge
◆ Donum Scientiae
◆ Inborn
○ Impassability
◆ Donum Impassabilitatis
◆ No Suffering
Donum - dona - “gift” ~ donate
Original Sin
● After Fall of Man
● Immortality —> Death
● Integrity —> Concupiscence
● Infused Knowledge —> Ignorance
● Impassability —> Suffering
Sin
● Utterance, deed or desire contrary to eternal law
● Even desire only counts —> Covet
● Eternal Law —> Law before human laws —> Commandments, Beatitudes
● Different Kinds of Sin
○ Original - sin of adam and eve passed down to us (Baptism)
○ Actual - turning away from God’s love and law
◆ Mortal - Deadly —> separation from God (Confession)
◆ Requisites:
◇ Missing 1 or 2 —> Venial
◇ Full Knowledge - “You know what you’re doing”
■ Not Insane
■ Not Mentally Incapacitated
◇ Grave Matter - depends on circumstances
■ Example:
■ Stealing from rich
■ Stealing from poor
◇ Deliberate Consent - Willfully did the action
■ Not forced
■ Not coerced
◆ Venial - Less evil —> Weakens relationship w/ God (Act of Contrition/Prayer)
Mors - Mortis —> Mortal ~ morgue
Catechism for Filipino Catholics
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Old Testament
Sin —> “Hata”
Hata
● Missing Aim
● Falling from Path
Sin (Take Note)
● Missing the Mark
● Depravity and perversity
● Rebellion and transgression
New Testament
Sin —>
Metanoia
● Conversion
Take Note
● Not about observance of the law, but being aware of sins
Main Difference
● Old Testament
○ Sin is against law or covenant
● New Testament
○ Saved by Christ through conversion of Heart
