United States Catholic Catechism for Adults

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conditions require that at one and the same time: • The damage inflicted by the aggressor on the nation or com munity of nations must be last ing, grave and certain; All other means of putting an end to it must have been shown to be impractical or ineffective; There must be serious prospects of success; The use of arms must not pro duce evils graver than the evil to be eliminated. The power of modern means of destruction weighs very heav ily in evaluating this condition. These are the traditional ele ments in what is called the “just war” doctrine. The evaluation of these con ditions for moral legitimacy belongs to the prudential judg ment of those who have respon sibility for the common good. (CCC, no. 2309) JUSTICE: The Cardinal Virtue by which one is able to give God and neighbor what is due to them. JUSTIFICATION: The term used to refer to the action of God by which we are freed from our sins and sanctified and renewed by the grace of God. • • • • •

KINGDOM OF GOD: The actu alization of God’s will for human beings proclaimed by Jesus Christ as a community of justice, peace, mercy, and love, the seed of which is the Church on earth, and the fulfillment of which is in eternity. LAITY: Members of the Church, distinguished from the clergy and those in consecrated life, who have been incorporated into the People of God through the Sacrament of Baptism. LAST JUDGMENT: The moment at the end of time when everyone will appear before Christ and receive an eternal recompense in accord with their earthly life. LAW: A code of conduct established by a competent authority. Moral and civil law should all be based on divine law, whether it is natural or has been revealed by God. LECTIO DIVINA : A manner of praying with Scripture; the person praying either reflectively reads a passage from Scripture or listens attentively to its being read, and -L