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Sem 1 CFC Questions Chapters 17 - 21
Sem 1 CFC Questions Chapters 17 - 21
Sem 1 CFC Questions Chapters 17 - 21
CHAPTER 17 • not just for the good of the individual family, but as
necessary for the community itself;
993. What basic Christian truths motivate love of • equally to both father and mother.
others?
Our fellow human persons are: 1052. What are common obstacles to keeping this
• created in the image and likeness of God; Commandment? Some common obstacles are:
• loved by the Father so much that He sent • parents who neglect or abuse their children;
• His only begotten Son to redeem them, and • the children’s and youth’s “growing up” periods that
• the Holy Spirit to dwell within and sanctify them. challenge parental patience and
Thus the Triune God shares His divine love with us so understanding;
as to ground our loving them. • the “generation gap” between parents and offspring
that is intensified by the increased speed and extent
994. How do we love our neighbor? of modern cultural and technological changes.
Love is shown in deeds, and the deeds of love of
neighbor are traditionally: Yet these obstacles can also be a positive force for
• the corporal works of mercy: feed; give drink, clothe, going beyond mere customary ways of acting, to
shelter, visit, bury; bring out the full Christian meaning and values
• the spiritual works of mercy: instruct, admonish, fostered by the Commandment.
counsel, comfort, forgive, bear patiently. . .
• the cardinal virtues: prudence, justice, fortitude, and 1055. What is meant by the family as “covenant”?
temperance. As covenant, the family is a community of love: of
parents and children, of brothers and sisters
with one another, of relatives and other members of
the household. All are rooted in the natural bonds of
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1048. What is the most basic way we “love one 1056. How is the family both the “domestic Church”
another”? and “first cell of society”?
We love one another by respecting the gift of each As the “domestic Church” the family both reveals and
other’s God-given life, and truly caring for one another realizes the communion in Christ and the Spirit that is
by working toward improving the quality of human proper to the Church.
life.
As the “first and vital cell of society” the family is the
1049. How do parents respect human life? place of origin and most effective means for
Parents are procreators of human life, acting as God’s humanizing and personalizing the members of
free loving agents through responsible transmission society.
of human life and promotion of the quality of life.
1057. How does the Fifth Commandment foster
1050. How does the Fourth Commandment foster human life?
human life? “You shall not kill,” by prohibiting direct attacks on
“Honor your father and your mother” enjoins that human life and physical integrity, protects its intrinsic
basic filial respect for parents which is necessary for dignity and quality. God alone is the ultimate Lord and
the good of both family and community. Master of life.
1051. How are parents to be given such respect? 1058. How are human life, integrity and dignity
Filial respect for parents is to be given: attacked?
• not because of their actual competence, Direct attacks on life include murder, genocide,
productivity, or natural virtues, but simply on their abortion, euthanasia, physical torture, hostage-taking,
status as parents; drugs, and willful suicide.
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Attacks against integrity include mutilation, physical by the power of Jesus Christ and enriched by the
and mental torture, and undue psychological saving activity of the Church, and by which the whole
pressures, while human dignity is attacked by person enters into communication with others.
sub-human living conditions, arbitrary imprisonment,
deportation and prostitution. Therefore sexuality is not the same as the sex act. All
The questions of capital punishment and just war are human persons must develop their God- given gift of
topics of ongoing moral reflection within and without sexuality. But some freely choose, for the sake of the
the Church. Kingdom, not to enter into the sex act.
1059. What are the most common abuses against 1122. What are the consequences of this view of
physical well-being? sexuality?
The most common abuses against physical From this view of sexuality four consequences follow.
well-being are alcoholism, drug addiction and, to a Men and women are:
lesser degree, smoking. • of equal personal dignity and human rights;
• different but complementary;
1060. How did Jesus perfect the Fifth • called to mutual gift of self and reciprocity;
Commandment? • created through love and for love.
Jesus perfected respect for human life by:
• linking it directly with its ideal, love, even with love 1123. What are the different states of life expressing
for our enemies; love?
• interiorizing and intensifying it by forbidding even The different states of life for men and women are:
anger of the heart, which is the inner • conjugal union of the married;
source of violence against one’s neighbor. • consecrated celibacy chosen freely for the sake of
the Kingdom;
• Christian youths before entering into a definite state
of life; and
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1118. What is the value of our sexuality? 1125. How is the Sixth Commandment “liberating”?
Human sexuality is God’s gift to us: male and female When viewed through faith in the redemptive force of
God created us in His own image and likeness. We the Risen Christ’s grace, the Sixth Commandment
share in the divine life of love and creativity not in liberates from the two tyrannies of:
lonely solitude, but precisely in relating to one another • “self-righteous decency” consisting of hypocritical
through our sexual natures. moralizing and misguided taboos
regarding sexuality; and
1119. How does the Sixth Commandment protect our • “indecency”, exalting casual, spontaneous sex
sexuality? without commitment or love.
“You shall not commit adultery” prohibits married
persons from entering into sexual union with 1127. How does the Ninth Commandment protect
someone other than their spouse. human sexuality?
“You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife” goes to the
In thus protecting the family and marriage, with their interior root and source of the disorders of the flesh
two ends of procreation and human completeness, by prohibiting cov-etousness, or evil desires of the
the Sixth Commandment touches on the very nature heart. It also rejects the many effects of this
of human sexuality and the full range of man-woman covetousness common in modern sexist consumerist
relationships. society.
1121. What is the Christian view of sexuality? 1128. How do we positively fulfill the Ninth
Our sexuality is viewed as a fundamental component Commandment?
of personality, a good thing created by God, restored
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Positively, the Ninth Commandment enjoins purity of offers any authentic commitment, love, or service of
heart or the virtue of chastity which signifies the life.
spiritual energy capable of defending love from the
perils of selfishness and aggressiveness.
1129. What does the virtue of chastity do?
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• puts order into our use of sexuality;
• channels our sexual energies toward the positive 1200. How does the Seventh Commandment foster
service of love; social justice?
• seeks the proper limits within which our passions “You shall not steal” fosters social justice as it
can be reasonably directed toward prohibits all ways of robbing others’ freedom by
authentic joy and peace; and stealing what is rightfully theirs.
• demands that we develop the needed self-control for
married as well as single persons. In today’s economic world, this prohibition includes
both private possessions and public properties, and
1130. What does “growing up” to maturity mean? actions such as corporation manipulations, unjust
Growing up toward authentic integration of our trade agreements and the like. PCP II urges “a
sexuality entails: passionate care of our earth and our environment.”
• freeing ourselves from our own natural self-
centeredness, to realize our intrinsic need for 1201. How does the Tenth Commandment foster
others; social justice?
• learning to respect and nourish positive attitudes “You shall not covet your neighbor’s house, or
towards others, and anything else that belongs to him” fosters social
• discerning when to say “No,” and the difference justice by prohibiting the distorted desires of the heart
between true authentic love and its many from which stealing and exploitation of our neighbor
counterfeit imitations. arise.
1132. What is the Church’s position on population It forbids not only unjust craving but also envy at
control? another’s success, such as seen in Cain’s
The Church encourages natural family planning, but “envy-hatred-murder” pattern.
holds that the key to the population problem is not in
external means of control, such as mechanical and 1204. What role does the Church play in temporal
chemical contraceptives, but in inner mastery over affairs?
one’s sexual behavior through chastity and The Church’s action “is not political, or economic, or
self-control. technical, but rather religious and moral in nature,
strengthening the spiritual and moral bases of
1133. What is the Church’s position on masturbation, society.” (John Paul II)
homosexuality, pornography and prostitution?
Chastity for married and single alike fosters integral The Church’s social doctrine offers:
sexual growth of the person. Both masturbation and • principles for reflection;
homosexuality hinder achieving such sexual maturity • criteria for judgments; and
by turning away from the self-giving love and service • criteria for action.
to life that is the nature of human sexuality from the Typical concerns of the Church are human rights and
Christian view. new insights such as the notion of social sin.
Likewise, pornography and prostitution dehumanize
and exploit human persons, robbing them of their true
dignity by reducing them to “sex-objects.” Neither
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1205. What are the Church’s guiding truths for
Filipino Catholics in political life? 1262. Why do people tell lies?
The basic truths for political involvement proposed by In practice, there are all kinds of motives and
the Church are: situations that lead us into telling lies:
• pursuit of the common good as objective basis; • exaggerations to impress others;
• in defense and promotion of justice for all; • fear of others, or saving face before others;
• inspired and guided by the spirit of service; • flattery.
• imbued with the love of preference for the poor;
• empowerment of the people to be carried out both More serious are lies that are told:
as process and goal of political activity. • from malice, in order to harm others;
• from greed, in order to deceive and gain the upper
1206. What is meant by “social sin”? hand;
The term “social sin” is used to describe situations or • from hypocritical motives;
structures which cause or support evil, or fail through • as false witness or perjury in courts of justice.
complicity or indifference to redress evils when it is
possible. Such sinful structures are always “rooted in
personal sin” (cf. also Chap. 14, nos. 769-71).
“Typical social sins” in the Philippine context include
prostitution, pornography, consumerism and
militarism.
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1253. What is “truth” as taken up in this chapter?
As taken up in this chapter, “truth” can refer to our:
a) thoughts, insofar as they correspond to reality, and
therefore are not erroneous;
b) words, when we say what we think and are not
lying; and finally
c) actions, when we do what we say and are not
hypocrites who say one thing and do another.
1260. How do we sin against truth?
We sin against truth most commonly by the many
forms of lying, as well as by tale-bearing, gossip, rash
judgments, prejudices, detraction, slander, and
perjury.
1261. How can telling lies harm the community?
Telling lies about oneself or others can harm:
• the integrity of the person lied about;
• those hearing the lie and led into error;
• the peace and harmony of the community; and
• the genuine good of the person who lied.