YOUCAT Question n. 344 – Part IV. Why does the Church also make declarations about ethical questions and about matters of personal conduct?
(Youcat answer - repeated) Believing is
a path. One learns how to stay on this path, in other words, how to act rightly
and to lead a good life, only by following the instructions in the Gospel. The
teaching authority (Magisterium) of the Church must remind people also about
the demands of the natural moral law.
A
deepening through CCC
(CCC 2038) In the work of teaching and
applying Christian morality, the Church needs the dedication of pastors, the
knowledge of theologians, and the contribution of all Christians and men of
good will. Faith and the practice of the Gospel provide each person with an
experience of life "in Christ," who enlightens him and makes him able
to evaluate the divine and human realities according to the Spirit of God (Cf.
1 Cor 2:10-15). Thus the Holy Spirit can use the humblest to enlighten the
learned and those in the highest positions.
Reflecting
and meditating
(Youcat comment) There are not
two truths. What is humanly right cannot be wrong from the Christian
perspective. And what is right according to Christianity cannot be humanly
wrong. That is why the Church must teach comprehensively about moral issues.
(CCC
Comment)
(CCC 2039) Ministries should be exercised
in a spirit of fraternal service and dedication to the Church, in the name of
the Lord (Cf. Rom 12:8, 11). At the same time the conscience of each person
should avoid confining itself to individualistic considerations in its moral judgments
of the person's own acts. As far as possible conscience should take account of
the good of all, as expressed in the moral law, natural and revealed, and
consequently in the law of the Church and in the authoritative teaching of the
Magisterium on moral questions. Personal conscience and reason should not be
set in opposition to the moral law or the Magisterium of the Church.
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