PETER V. ARMENIO
Our Moral Life
in Christ
College Edition
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Copyright 1997, 2009 James Socias, Second Edition 2009
Nihil Obstat
The Reverend Louis J. Cameli, S.T.D.
Censor deputatus
19 July, 2008
Imprimatur
The Very Reverend John F. Canary, S.T.L., D. Min
Vicar General, Archdiocese of Chicago
8 August, 2008
The nihil obstat and imprimatur are official declarations of ecclesiastical authority that a book is free from doctrinal and moral error. No implication is contained therein that those who have granted the nihil obstat or the imprimatur agree with the content, opinions, or statements expressed in the work. Nor do they assume any legal responsibility associated with publication.
Author: Rev. Peter V. Armenio
General Editor: Rev. James Socias
Editor in Chief: Jeffrey Cole
Editorial Board: Rev. James Socias, Rev. Peter V. Armenio, Dr. Scott Hahn, Jeffrey Cole
Copy-editor: Gerry Korson
Layout Designer: Kimberly D. Chojnicki
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Excerpts from the English translation of the Catechism of the Catholic Church for the United States of America, copyright 1994, United States Catholic Conference, Inc. Libreria Editrice Vaticana. Used with permission.
Excerpts from the English translation of the Catechism of the Catholic Church: Modifications from the Editio Typica , copyright 1997, United States Catholic Conference, Inc. Libreria Editrice Vaticana. Used with permission.
Scripture quotations are adapted from the Revised Standard Version of the Bible , copyright 1946, 1952, 1971, and the New Revised Standard Version of the Bible , copyright 1989, by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America, and are used by permission. All rights reserved.
Excerpts from the Code of Canon Law, Latin/English Edition , are used with permission, copyright 1983 Canon Law Society of America, Washington, DC.
The editor would like to thank Fr. Aurelio Fernndez, for giving permission to use his books Teologa Moral (3 volumes), Compendio de Teologa, and Breve curso de moral catlica (Madrid, 1993) as sources and references for this project. He also extends special thanks to all who have collaborated on the edition of this book.
Disclaimer: The editor of this book has attempted to give proper credit to all sources used in the text and illustrations. Any miscredit or lack of credit is unintended and will be corrected in the next edition.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Armenio, Peter V.
Our moral life in Christ : college edition / Peter V. Armenio ; [general editor, James Socias]. 2nd ed. p. cm.
March 1, 2012
ISBN 978-1-936045-72-3
General Abbreviations
AG | Ad Gentes Divinitus (Decree on the Churchs Missionary Activity) |
CA | Centesimus Annus (On the Hundredth Anniversary) |
CCC | Catechism of the Catholic Church |
CDF | Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith |
CIC | Code of Canon Law (Codex Iuris Canonici) |
CPG | Solemn Profession of Faith : Credo of the People of God |
CT | Catechesi Tradend (On Catechesis in our Time) |
DCE | Deus Caritas Est (God is Love) |
DD | Dies Domini (The Lords Day) |
DH | Dignitatis Human (Declaration on Religious Freedom) |
DoV | Donum Vit (Respect for Human Life) |
DV | Dei Verbum (Dogmatic Constitution on Divine Revelation) |
DS | Denzinger-Schonmetzer, Enchiridion Symbolorum, definitionum et declarationum de rebus fidei et morum (1985) |
EV | Evangelium Vit (The Gospel of Life) |
FC | Familiaris Consortio (On the Family) |
GS | Gaudium et Spes (Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modern World) |
HV | Human Vit (On Human Life) |
IOE | Iura et Bona (Declaration on Euthanasia) |
LE | Laborem Exercens (On Human Work) |
LG | Lumen Gentium (Dogmatic Constitution on the Church) |
MF | Mysterium Fidei (The Mystery of Faith) |
PH | Persona Humana (Declaration on Sexual Ethics) |
PL | J.P. Migne, ed., Patrologia Latina (Paris: 1841 1855) |
PT | Pacem in Terris (On Establishing Universal Peace) |
QA | Quadragesimo Anno (The Fortieth Year) |
RP | Reconciliatio et Pnitentia (On Reconciliation and Penance) |
RH | Redemptor Hominis (The Redeemer of Man) |
SC | Sacrosanctum Concilium (The Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy) |
SRS | Solicitudo Rei Socialis (On Social Concerns) |
SS | Spe Salvi (In Hope We Are Saved) |
USCCB | United States Conference of Catholic Bishops |
VS | Veritatis Splendor (Splendor of the Truth) |
Books of the Bible
Gn | Genesis |
Ex | Exodus |
Lv | Leviticus |
Nm | Numbers |
Dt | Deuteronomy |
Jos | Joshua |
Jgs | Judges |
Ru | Ruth |
1 Sm | 1 Samuel |
2 Sm | 2 Samuel |
1 Kgs | 1 Kings |
2 Kgs | 2 Kings |
1 Chr | 1 Chronicles |
2 Chr | 2 Chronicles |
Ezr | Ezra |
Neh | Nehemiah |
Tb | Tobit |
Jdt | Judith |
Est | Esther |
Jb | Job |
Ps | Psalms |
Prv | Proverbs |
Eccl | Ecclesiastes |
Sg | Song of Songs |
Wis | Wisdom |
Sir | Sirach |
Is | Isaiah |
Jer | Jeremiah |
Lam | Lamentations |
Bar | Baruch |
Ez | Ezekiel |
Dn | Daniel |
Hos | Hosea |
Jl | Joel |
Am | Amos |
Ob | Obadiah |
Jon | Jonah |
Mi | Micah |
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