RT Article
T1 The Roman Catholic conceptualisation of morality: Its essence and distinctive character
JF Verbum et ecclesia
VO 45
IS 1
SP 1
OP 8
A1 Pope, Stephen J. 1955-
LA English
YR 2024
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1880071894
AB Over the course of its history Catholicism has generated several different conceptions of morality. The early medieval church conceived morality primarily in terms of caritas and other virtues, the modern church generated a legalistic conception of morality, and the post-Vatican II church proposes a relational conception of morality.   Intradisciplinary and/or interdisciplinary implications:  The essence of morality concerns natural virtues and natural moral law, which all people of goodwill can grasp, appreciate, and act upon. The distinctive conception of morality is identified with our ultimate end, the beatific vision, the theological virtues, and the ethics of discipleship centred on caritas.
K1 Thomas Aquinas
K1 Justice
K1 Morality
K1 Natural Law
K1 the ‘new law’
DO 10.4102/ve.v45i1.2970