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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