Christian Morality

Prepared by: Sir John Mark Astorga,

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 Gender Discrimination

You are expected

to learn on how to LGBTQIA

deal with these

social issues Abortion

Divorce

Death Penalty
How can you say
that an action is
good or not?
Is Morality subjective?
 Christian Morality
• As Catholics, our Christian
morality is anchored into three:

1. Sacred Scripture
2. Sacred Tradition
3. Magisterium

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 Sacred
Scripture
The Sacred Scripture has
73 books, and they are
inspired by God. It tells us
the Revelation of God and
His words.
 Sacred
Tradition
2 Thessalonians 2:15

So then, brothers, stand

firm and hold to the
traditions that you were
taught by us, either by our
spoken word or by our
letter.
 Magisterium
It is the authority of the Pope and the
Church to teach morality and doctrines.
Magister means “Teacher”.

Matthew 16:18
18 And I tell you that you are Peter, and
on this rock I will build my church, and
the gates of Hades will not overcome it.
19 I will give you the keys of the kingdom
of heaven; whatever you bind on earth will
be[c] bound in heaven, and whatever you
loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.”
 What can you say about this?

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 GRADE 12
Let me show you how the
society treated women.

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 Chaupadi Pratha

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 Let’s talk about Feminism
in relation with Christian
Morality

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Is this feminism?

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What is really Feminism?

“Ito ay ang paghabol

sa kalamangan ng
kalalakihan sa
kababaihan sa
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 Now, let us go back to our
complicated verse
1 Timothy 2:12, NLT: I do not
let women teach men or
have authority over them. Let
them listen quietly.

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 Let us solve this issue. Stop
muna ang pagiging Marites sa
Bible.

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 In reading the Bible, historical
and cultural background is very
important.

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There are three (3) questions in interpreting a
Biblical passage.

1. Who wrote it?

2. Who is the receiver or audience of it?
3. What is the purpose of it?

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 1 Timothy 2:12
The Epistle to Timothy is written by Saint Paul to
help Timothy to the Church of Ephesus. St. Paul
wanted to make sure that correct doctrine is
taught in Ephesus.

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 Where is Ephesus?

Ephesus is a Greek city .

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Greek women are gossipers,
and they love to have authority
over their men. Many of them
are not well-mannered.

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 How about the issue in
Ephesians 5:22?

Let us read the whole context.

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 Now, Let me tell you this…

Jesus Christ our

Lord is the greatest
feminist.
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 Read John 8:1-11

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According to Torah
(Jewish laws), any woman
who committed adultery
must be stoned to death.

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 Let us move to another important
issue of our Christian Morality

the homosexuality
and LGBTQIA+

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 1 Corinthians 6:9
English Standard Version

“Or do you not know that the

unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom
of God? Do not be deceived: neither the
sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor
adulterers, nor men who practice
homosexuality.”
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1 Corinto 6:9-10
Magandang Balita Biblia

9 Hindi ba ninyo alam na ang mga makasalanan ay

walang bahagi sa kaharian ng Diyos? Huwag ninyong
dayain ang inyong sarili! Ang mga nakikiapid, sumasamba
sa diyus-diyosan, nangangalunya, nakikipagtalik sa kapwa
lalaki o kapwa babae, 10 nagnanakaw, sakim, naglalasing,
nanlalait ng kapwa, o nandaraya, ay walang bahagi sa
kaharian ng Diyos.

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 According to some
non-Catholic churches,
homosexuals will be rotten
in hell.

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 Is it morally wrong to
be a gay or lesbian?

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 now, how true is
that?

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 Let us read our CCC
2358 The number of men and women who have
deep-seated homosexual tendencies is not negligible. This
inclination, which is objectively disordered, constitutes for
most of them a trial. They must be accepted with respect,
compassion, and sensitivity. Every sign of unjust
discrimination in their regard should be avoided. These
persons are called to fulfill God's will in their lives and, if
they are Christians, to unite to the sacrifice of the Lord's
Cross the difficulties they may encounter from their
condition.
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How can we
interpret 1
Corinthians 6:9
objectively?
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 Let’s move to another important issue
of the Church

The Abortion

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 They say
“Abortion is fine, because
it will not hurt the fetus”

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 Do you know the process
of abortion?

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 A recent NIH study noted: “The threshold for
tactile stimuli is lower at earlier stages of
gestation. The pain inhibition mechanisms are
not sufficiently developed during intrauterine
development, which is another factor leading to
increased intensity of pain in the fetus. All this
points to the fact that the fetus is extremely
sensitive to painful stimuli, and that this fact
should be taken into account when performing
invasive medical procedures on the fetus.”
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In May of 2013, An Associate Professor of Neurobiology and Anatomy
at the University of Utah, Dr. Maureen Condic, Ph.D., testified before
Congress when the Pain Capable Unborn Child Protection Act,
prohibiting abortion after 20 weeks gestation, was under
consideration. She said:

“There is universal agreement in the scientific

community that an unborn child experiences fetal pain
by at least 20 weeks old.”

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In her testimony before Congress in May of 2012, Dr. Colleen Malloy,
MD, a board certified Neonatologist and Assistant Professor at
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, described the
following developmental milestones of an unborn child, indicating very
early perception of pain:

• At 8 weeks gestation, facial sensory receptors appear.

• At 14 weeks gestation, sensory fibers grow into the spinal cord and
connections are made with the thalamus (part of the brain).
• Between 13 and 16 weeks gestation, monoamine fibers (nerve cells or
fibers) reach the cerebral cortex (another part of the brain).
• Between 17 and 20 weeks gestation, thalamo-cortical relays (pathways
to the brain for sensory information) penetrate the cortex.
• No later than 20 weeks gestation, pain receptors are present and
linked.

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 CCC on Abortion
2270 Human life must be respected and protected absolutely
from the moment of conception. From the first moment of
his existence a human being must be recognized as having
the rights of a person – among which is the inviolable right
of every innocent being to life.

2271 Since the first century the Church has affirmed the
moral evil of every procured abortion. This teaching has not
changed and remains unchangeable. Direct abortion, that is
to say abortion willed either as an end or a means, is gravely
contrary to the moral law:
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 Let us talk about Death Penalty now

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 Who is in favor of
death penalty?

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 What do you think the advantage
of pursuing death penalty?

Many would say it can lessen the

crime rate.

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 These countries have the
lowest crime rate in the
world, guess what? They
don’t implement death
penalty.
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2267 Recourse to the death penalty on the part of legitimate authority,
following a fair trial, was long considered an appropriate response to the
gravity of certain crimes and an acceptable, albeit extreme, means of
safeguarding the common good.

Today, however, there is an increasing awareness that the dignity of the person
is not lost even after the commission of very serious crimes. In addition, a new
understanding has emerged of the significance of penal sanctions imposed by
the state. Lastly, more effective systems of detention have been developed,
which ensure the due protection of citizens but, at the same time, do not
definitively deprive the guilty of the possibility of redemption.

Consequently, the Church teaches, in the light of the Gospel, that “the death
penalty is inadmissible because it is an attack on the inviolability and dignity of
the person” (Francis, Address, Oct. 11, 2017), and she works with
determination for its abolition worldwide.

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 Postmodernism towards Religion

1. Atheism
2. Agnosticism
3. Deism
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