UNIVERSAL CONDEMNATION § 87. The natural Law, also the Sinaitic Decalogue1 as far as it concerns all mankind and is but a codification of the original moral Law,2 is condemnatory of the natural state and the conduct of every man,3 …
Category: 1 OUTLINES IN DOCTRINAL THEOLOGY
88 – Materiale of Good and Evil Acts
MATERIALE OF GOOD AND EVIL ACTS § 88. The performance of the materiale only of works prescribed by the divine Law is no more the performance of good works1 than God can be truly said to work evil 2 as …
89 – Divine Government of Evil
DIVINE GOVERNMENT OF EVIL § 89. The evil acts of men are, furthermore, under divine control, inasmuch as God in His providence prevents the conception or the execution of many evil designs,1 confines within certain bounds others, whose conception and …
90 – Means of Government
MEANS OF GOVERNMENT § 90. Among the means by which God curbs the evil inclinations or propensities of men in their state of natural depravity, and directs them to His wise, good, and just purposes, we find the moral Law, …
91 – Moral Law – A Curb or Bar
MORAL LAW — A CURB OR BAR § 91. The moral Law serves as a curb or bar to the inclinations of men in two ways: first inasmuch as it is a norm for the various functions of the human …
92 – Matrimony
MATRIMONY § 92. The divine institution of matrimony, which is the status of union for life1 of one man and one woman,2 established and sustained by their mutual consent,3 for legitimate sexual intercourse,4 the procreation of children,5 and mutual aid …
93 – Civil Government
CIVIL GOVERNMENT § 93. The divine institution of civil government1 serves as a bar to the evil propensities of men forasmuch as civil governments are endowed with legislative, judicial, and executive authority to enact, maintain, administer, and execute civil laws …
94 – Laws of Nature
LAWS OF NATURE § 94. The laws of nature are under divine providence a curb and bar to the perverse will of man or to the execution of his evil purposes, forasmuch as man, though he may in a measure …
95 – Temporal Death
TEMPORAL DEATH § 95. Temporal death, the termination of temporal life by the separation of body and soul,1 though not a law of nature,2 is, in consequence of sin,3 in the course of nature since the fall of man 4 …
96 – CHRISTOLOGY
CHRISTOLOGY DEFINITION § 96. Christology is the doctrine of Holy Scripture concerning the Person and the Office and Work of Christ, the Redeemer and Savior of mankind.