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as expressing the original moral
sense which enables man to
discern by reason the good
and the evil: 327
as foundation of our basic human
rights and duties: 327, 335
our rational apprehension of the
created moral order: 327, 335
permanently valid: 327-28
as planted in each of us: 442
as reflection of divine law: 335
requirements of: 437
rooted in God’s plan found in
human nature: 327
Ten Commandments as
expression of: 327
as unchangeable: 327-28
universality of: 327
the New Law: 329-31,
521
(see
also Commandments;
New Testament)
as fulfilling and perfecting the
Old Law: 325
the Holy Spirit and: 329, 331
law of grace: 329
as Law of the Gospel: 331
Sacraments as instituted by Jesus:
165, 169
the Old Law:
522
(see also
Commandments; Old Testament)
fulfillment of: 325, 328, 336
of physics, chemistry, and biology
as secondary causes in the
unfolding of God’s plan: 56
revealed law: 336, 341,
526
of solidarity and charity as
underlying the unity of the
human race: 73
see also Authority; Commandments
Law, New:
see New Law
Laying on of hands:
203-5, 210, 270
Laziness:
317
see also
Acedia;
Capital Sins; Sloth
Lectio Divina
:
474, 477,
517-18
meditation and: 475
as relying on guidance of the Holy
Spirit within the heart: 475
as seeking out the deeper meaning
God wants to convey to the
reader: 475
Lectionary:
518
Lectors:
218
Legitimate defense:
390-91, 394,
396, 401
Lent:
173, 192-93, 222, 238, 334,
518
Liberation, human:
333
see also Social justice
Liberation of Israel:
see under Israel:
liberation of
Lies:
see Lying; Truth
Life
change of one’s life by conversion
(see Conversion)
Christian (see Christian life)
consecrated life (see
Consecrated life)
death as end to earthly: 153
eternal (see Eternal life)
the Fifth Commandment: 387-401
God alone as the Lord of: 389
human life: 400
defending: 211
dignity of (see Dignity, human)
goal of: 400
respect for: 389-90
embryonic: 243, 392, 401
from the moment of
conception to natural death:
391, 401
threatened by moral
relativism: 389
right to: 391, 423, 426
sacredness of: 310
social dimensions of human
life as a principle for moral
theology: 325
as a struggle against evil: 390
unity of human life found in the
worship of the one God: 345
“I am the resurrection and the life”:
155, 159
new life
Baptism as the source of: 103,
183-84, 187, 193, 195, 197