Commentary

The contributors to Catholic Moral Theology are assembling a critical commentary of blog posts devoted to commenting on major, traditional areas of Catholic moral theology and social ethics. Over time, at this page, you will find links to blog posts commenting on the various areas treated in the Compendium of Social Doctrine and the Catechism. Future commentaries will expand on other approaches and topics of relevance to moral theology.

GENERAL MORAL THEOLOGY

1. The Dignity of the Human Person
   1. Imago Dei
   2. The vocation to beatitude
   3. Freedom
   4. Human acts
   5. The passions - Jason King
   6. Conscience
   7. Virtue – William Mattison
   8. Sin
2. The Human Community (via the Compendium on Catholic Social Teaching
   1. The common good
   2. The universal destination of goods
   3. Subsidiarity
   4. Participation
   5. Solidarity
   6. The family - Julie Hanlon Rubio
   7. Labor
   8. Economic life – Jason King
   9. Political community - Tom Bushlack
   10. The international community
   11. The created order
   12. War and peace
3. God’s Salvation:  Law and Grace
   1. The Moral Law (natural, old, new)
   2. Grace and justification
   3. The Church and Morality

SPECIAL MORAL THEOLOGY

1. The Commandments
   1. First
   2. Second
   3. Third
   4. Fourth
   5. Fifth
   6. Sixth
   7. Seventh: Possessions - David Cloutier
   8. Eighth
   9. Ninth: Coveting - Julie Hanlon Rubio
   10. Tenth: Coveting - Beth Haile