Spirit of Truth, High School > Course B > Unit 5
Chapter 14: The Church Comes to North America
Spanish colonies, French missionaries, and many immigrants expanded the Catholic faith into the Americas.
Spanish colonies, French missionaries, and many immigrants expanded the Catholic faith into the Americas.
The Church continued to work for peace and shine a spiritual light as the errors of Nazisism, communism, modernism, and war darkened the world.
Following the grueling years of war and turmoil, the world and the Church needed renewal to move forward.
Jesus Christ showed us that we cannot truly practice our Faith in isolation. In keeping with our human nature, we take on the mission of Christian discipleship within the human community: the family, the parish, the town, nation, and the world. In all of these, we have responsibilities toward God and our neighbor that can be expressed in what is called social justice. This lesson focuses on principles of Catholic Social Teaching that includes the dignity of the human person, the family, justice, peace, and solidarity.
We have a solemn obligation to form our consciences.
Bearing wrongs patiently is a spiritual work of mercy.
Jesus is especially close to the poor, and tells us to be humble.
The three parts of a moral act are: (1) the act itself, (2) our intention, and (3) the circumstances.
We must live the gifts of the Holy Spirit bestowed upon us and pursue the moral life in Christ in order to build up the Church here on Earth.
Jesus shows us that He is the Son of God by healing the sick. We can pray and ask God to heal our friends and family.
Good moral decisions are guided by specific steps.
Mary used her own free will and human reason to cooperate with God’s plan for her life.
Sin is “an utterance, a deed, or a desire contrary to the eternal law” that offends God.
Every human being possesses intrinsic dignity because he or she is made in God’s image and likeness.
Society is a group of persons bound together organically by a principle of unity that goes beyond each one of them.