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It is NOT true that confusion in the Catholic Church about moral norms
{ 1 } - is due to the public media misreading the Church's return to traditional sources of morality as conformity to the prevalent secularist value system.
{ 2 } - is due to the catechesis of bishops and theologians often being confused.
{ 3 } - is due to the public media communicating its misunderstanding to Catholic clergy and laity.
{ 4 } - is due to the Church's changing of the moral norms that it taught before Vatican II.
{ 5 } - is being clarified by distinction and cooperation of the laity, theologians, and magisterium in the Church as regards faith (God's revelation of himself to us) and morals (the response God requires of us to his self-revelation).
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It is NOT true that confusion in the Catholic Church about moral norms
{ 1 } - is due to the public media misreading the Church's return to traditional sources of morality as conformity to the prevalent secularist value system.
{ 2 } - is due to the catechesis of bishops and theologians often being confused.
{ 3 } - is due to the public media communicating its misunderstanding to Catholic clergy and laity.
{ 4 } - is due to the Church's changing of the moral norms that it taught before Vatican II.
{ 5 } - is being clarified by distinction and cooperation of the laity, theologians, and magisterium in the Church as regards faith (God's revelation of himself to us) and morals (the response God requires of us to his self-revelation).
See p. 50.
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It is NOT true that confusion in the Catholic Church about moral norms
{ 1 } - is due to the public media misreading the Church's return to traditional sources of morality as conformity to the prevalent secularist value system.
{ 2 } - is due to the catechesis of bishops and theologians often being confused.
{ 3 } - is due to the public media communicating its misunderstanding to Catholic clergy and laity.
{ 4 } - is due to the Church's changing of the moral norms that it taught before Vatican II.
{ 5 } - is being clarified by distinction and cooperation of the laity, theologians, and magisterium in the Church as regards faith (God's revelation of himself to us) and morals (the response God requires of us to his self-revelation).
See p. 50.
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It is NOT true that confusion in the Catholic Church about moral norms
{ 1 } - is due to the public media misreading the Church's return to traditional sources of morality as conformity to the prevalent secularist value system.
{ 2 } - is due to the catechesis of bishops and theologians often being confused.
{ 3 } - is due to the public media communicating its misunderstanding to Catholic clergy and laity.
{ 4 } - is due to the Church's changing of the moral norms that it taught before Vatican II.
{ 5 } - is being clarified by distinction and cooperation of the laity, theologians, and magisterium in the Church as regards faith (God's revelation of himself to us) and morals (the response God requires of us to his self-revelation).
See p. 50.
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It is NOT true that confusion in the Catholic Church about moral norms
{ 1 } - is due to the public media misreading the Church's return to traditional sources of morality as conformity to the prevalent secularist value system.
{ 2 } - is due to the catechesis of bishops and theologians often being confused.
{ 3 } - is due to the public media communicating its misunderstanding to Catholic clergy and laity.
{ 4 } - is due to the Church's changing of the moral norms that it taught before Vatican II.
{ 5 } - is being clarified by distinction and cooperation of the laity, theologians, and magisterium in the Church as regards faith (God's revelation of himself to us) and morals (the response God requires of us to his self-revelation).
The Catholic Church cannot change moral norms since they are determined by the nature of reality and are sometimes additionally confirmed by God's revelation. The Church taught before Vatican II, for example, that abortion, contraception, and extra-marital sexual activities were always serious evils that totally alienate one from God if totally knowingly willed (mortal sins).
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It is NOT true that confusion in the Catholic Church about moral norms
{ 1 } - is due to the public media misreading the Church's return to traditional sources of morality as conformity to the prevalent secularist value system.
{ 2 } - is due to the catechesis of bishops and theologians often being confused.
{ 3 } - is due to the public media communicating its misunderstanding to Catholic clergy and laity.
{ 4 } - is due to the Church's changing of the moral norms that it taught before Vatican II.
{ 5 } - is being clarified by distinction and cooperation of the laity, theologians, and magisterium in the Church as regards faith (God's revelation of himself to us) and morals (the response God requires of us to his self-revelation).
See p. 50.
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