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I hold a Master of Theological Studies from the University of Dallas' Institute for Religious and Pastoral Studies. God has called me to be a father and to teach, so I now serve through From the Abbey, my catechetical apostolate. Brother Thomas is the persona I created for the moral theology textbook Dear Brother Thomas.

Thursday, September 22, 2005

Soul, faculties, natural law

Natural Law
  • Teaches us to become more human
Definition of Soul
  • The source of an organism’s life, nature and identity.
Definition of Faculty
  • The potential for an ability that comes from an organism’s nature
Shared With Plants & Animals
  • Nutrition

  • Growth

  • Reproduction
Shared With Animals
  • Emotions

  • Sense Knowledge

  • Sense Appetite

  • Sense Knowledge (the ability to know the physical world through our senses)

  • Sense Appetite (the ability to desire what is good and to avert from what is bad for us physically)
Unique To Humans
  • Intellect - Spiritual knowledge (the ability to know spiritual things)

  • Will - spiritual appetite (the ability to choose what is good and to avoid what is bad for us spiritually)
The Dark Side of Freedom
  • Human beings are the only creature that can choose to be less than their nature.
Maturity
  • Our goal is to fulfill our human potential – to become more human!

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