Tuesday, May 30, 2017
Youcat commented through CCC – Question n. 295 – Part VI.
(Youcat
answer - repeated) Conscience is the inner voice in a man that moves him to do
good under any circumstances and to avoid evil by all means. At the same time
it is the ability to distinguish the one from the other. In the conscience God
speaks to man.
A deepening through CCC
(CCC 1789) Some rules
apply in every case: - One may never do evil so that good may result from it; -
the Golden Rule: "Whatever you wish that men would do to you, do so to
them" (Mt 7:12; cf. Lk 6:31; Tob 4:15) - charity always proceeds by way of
respect for one's neighbor and his conscience: "Thus sinning against your
brethren and wounding their conscience… you sin against Christ" (1 Cor
8:12). Therefore "it is right not to… do anything that makes your brother
stumble" (Rom 14:21).
Reflecting and meditating
(Youcat comment) Conscience is compared with an inner voice
in which God manifests himself in a man. God is the one who becomes apparent in
the conscience. When we say, “I cannot reconcile that with my conscience”, this
means for a Christian, “I cannot do that in the sight of my Creator!” Many
people have gone to jail or been executed because they were true to their
conscience.
(CCC Comment)
(CCC 1790) A human being must always obey the certain judgment
of his conscience. If he were deliberately to act against it, he would condemn
himself. Yet it can happen that moral conscience remains in ignorance and makes
erroneous judgments about acts to be performed or already committed. (CCC
1791) This ignorance can often be imputed to personal
responsibility. This is the case when a man "takes little trouble to find
out what is true and good, or when conscience is by degrees almost blinded
through the habit of committing sin" (GS 16). In such cases, the person is
culpable for the evil he commits.
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