CST - Ch 6 Human Dignity

Catholic Social Teaching does not forbid this, but does stipulate some conditions for it?

• punishment

• malice toward others

• caring for the vulnerable

• materialism

What is the most fundamental principle and first theme of CST?

• Incarnation

• Human dignity

• Materialism

• Holiness

What does it mean that each human being has inestimable value in the eyes of God?

• Each person is important

• Each person is replaceable

• A person can choose to give up their dignity

• Each person is unique and necessary

What did the Incarnation do to human nature?

• Elevated human nature

• Lowered divine nature down to human level

• Made human nature the same as angels

• Added a spiritual nature to humans

What are natural differences?

• Differences in material possessions

• Extreme inequalities between persons

• Differences in gifts given by God

• Differences in social status

What are sinful inequalities?

• Extreme inequalities between persons

• Differences in material possessions

• Differences in gifts given by God

• Differences in social status

What does materialism lower?

• Our standard of self-value

• Our standard of social status

• Our standard of intelligence

• Our standard of material possessions

Which of these beliefs is materialistic?

• We are created with both a body and a soul and are loved by God.

• We know that we will only be truly fulfilled when we reach our final end, Heaven.

• We are emotional beings and find fulfillment in physical things.

• Happiness comes from knowing the truth of that we are created for fulfillment.

What is holiness?

• A kind of social status

• A kind of intelligence

• A kind of material possession

• A kind of dignity merited through good deeds

What do the saints model for us?

• The pursuit of intelligence

• The pursuit of holiness

• The pursuit of public recognition

• The pursuit of cannonization by the Church