TH 505 - Catholic Moral Theology

• Assignments: Varied throughout the term
• Interactivity: Discussion Boards
• Final Assessment: Final Paper

• Trace the sources of Catholic Moral theology to Sacred Scripture and authoritative texts, the Church Fathers, and liturgical living including worship.
• Articulate a fundamental understanding of the human person created imago Dei.
• Express how morality is the pursuit of the genuine good of the human person’s life as a pilgrimage towards ultimate happiness aided by grace.
• Identify the issues moral theology addresses, and to be able to articulate nuanced responses to critical issues facing the Christian in the modern world.
• Become familiar with and comprehend terms specific to moral theology, such as happiness, freedom, the moral act, emotion, conscience, law, grace, virtue, sin/vice, and repentance/conversion.