Formation of conscience
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This document discusses the importance of forming a Christian conscience. It explains that conscience allows us to discern how to live out Christ's commandments of love in our relationships. The document outlines three levels of Christian conscience development: the instinctive level where right and wrong is based on reward and punishment; the ethical level where morality is not dependent on others' approval; and the Christian level where actions respond to faith to achieve fulfillment. It challenges the reader to form, inform, and transform their conscience using objective moral values and laws.
Formation of conscience
- 1. Following and Forming our Conscience
- 2. What is the connection between
- 3. Forming a Christian Conscience Matthew 12: 9-13
- 4. FOLLOW YOUR CONSCIENCE It describes the God-given law built into our human nature - OUR REASON- We are morally obliged to always do good and avoid evil. Hence, Our dignity lies in following our properly formed consciences.
- 5. Jesus and Conscience… Lesson: Conscience allows us to go beyond the law and defend basic human values.
- 6. Educate your Conscience Form our Conscience Why? FORMATION will lead to TRANSFORMATION - We are called to discern how we can concretely live out Christ’s commandments of love in all our relationships.
- 7. A MATURE CHRISTIAN CONSCIENCE Every person has a responsibility to develop his conscience because we undergo stages of development in life.
- 8. Levels of Christian Conscience 1. Instinctive Level Good- rewarded Bad- punishment
- 9. Levels of Christian Conscience 2. Ethical or moral stage Good or evil of acts is not dependent on the approval or disapproval of others
- 10. Levels of Christian Conscience 3. Christian Level Actions as a great response of faith to achieve the fullness of life.
- 11. Challenge Since conscience is not a law unto itself but uses objective moral laws and values to discern moral good and evil, we have the moral obligation to form, inform and transform our conscience.