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Authoritative Sources: Moral Norms and Ecclesial Magisterium. Relationship…
Authoritative Sources: Moral Norms and Ecclesial Magisterium. Relationship with the Ecclesial Interpretive Authorities
Moral teaching is grafted onto a common moral teaching under the auspices of the ecclesial Magisterium.
The Christian heritage forms a cultural memory upon which we all depend and to a large extend determines our way of approaching moral problems.
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Although moral action is quite personal, since it is animated by the faith and love of Christ, it always has an ecclesial dimension.
The Magisterium is the authority in the Church entrusted with teaching and regulating faith and morals.
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Veritatis Splendor (1993): Responds to the crisis in Christian moral theology that arose in the aftermath of the Second Vatican Council. Condemns proportionalism.
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Questions of authority. Doubt in applying laws to particular actions. How should one proceed when one is in doubt about the law itself or about the circumstances? (Modern moralists)
In cases of doubt, may one follow a probable opinion in favor of freedom? Probability was measured by internal and above all external arguments.
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St. Alphonsus Liguori says that there is no such thing as a true quandary, and that one couldn't follow opinion of freedom unless their were at least as many arguments in its favor as that of the contrary opinion.
All authorities must point to Christ as the ultimate guide for the moral life. Christ's life is what must be imitated. All interpretations must have root in Him.
In Christ is found the living seed that germinates anew in the hearts of the most humble as well as in the great assembly of the Church.