Good and Evil

• What do catholics mean by the term Conscience?

  Human reason making right decisions (St Thomas Aquinas). The knowledge we have of what is right and wrong and the God-given compulsion within all human beings to do what is right and to avoid what is evil.
• What do Catholics mean by evil?

  The absence of good and the impulse to seek our own desires at the expense of the good of others which often results in suffering
• What do catholic‘s mean by the term free will?

  The decision making part of a person’s mind is called the will. A will is free if a person is able to choose right from wrong without being controlled by other forces
• What do catholics mean by goodness?

  The quality of being like God; seeking the well-being of others selflessly
• What do Catholic mean by the term Incarnation?

  ‘Made flesh‘ The Christian belief that God became man in the person of Jesus, fully human fully divine
• What do Catholics mean by the term natural law?

  The moral laws of right and wrong which are universal and not dependent on human laws. The belief in natural law is moral law is discoverable by every human being and is the same for all human beings in all places at all times
• What do Catholics mean by the term privation?

  the loss or absence of a quality or somethinfg that is normally present - evil is a privation of good
• What do Catholics mean by the term suffering?

  pain or loss which harms human beings. Some suffering is caused by other human beings (moral evil) and something is not (natural evil)