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The Way of the Lord Jesus
—a moral theology for today’s Catholics
The Way of the Lord Jesus responds fully to Vatican II’s mandate. It presupposes and vigorously defends the truth of the Catholic Church’s moral teachings—most of which all Christians handed on until, beginning in the nineteenth century, their consensus was gradually eroded by compromises with secularism. Furthermore, The Way of the Lord Jesus is Christocentric, richly nourished by Scripture, and based on the central truths of faith. Its explanation of Christian moral teachings shows them to be, not rules, but truths about what really is good for human beings. The entire work is shaped by the teaching of Vatican II, explained and richly developed by Pope John Paul II, that God calls each and every Christian to a personal vocation uniquely his or her own—a whole, complete life of good works prepared in advance as his or her own way of holiness (see Eph 2.10).
The first volume, Christian Moral Principles, synthesizes the fundamental truths of Catholic faith with an account of the starting points of moral judgment that God causes human beings to know naturally—what St. Paul calls the law that God writes on human hearts (see Rom 2.15). The book begins with an account of free choice, conscience, moral principles, human action, and sin. It goes on to explain how integral human fulfillment will be realized in the fulfillment of all things in Christ, why everyone should follow Jesus in his redemptive work, and how the human and divine are related in each Christian’s life. It then describes the Christian virtues and shows how each Christian’s life should be shaped by prayer, by his or her personal vocation, and by participation in the sacraments. Finally, the book explains the authority of the Church’s moral teaching and deals with theological dissent from it.
Living a Christian Life, the second volume, gathers up and synthesizes what Scripture, tradition, and Church documents teach about specific moral questions. That teaching—including the norms which in recent decades have commonly been the targets of dissent—is presented accurately and explained so as to make clear its truth in the light of the Gospel and a profoundly Christian humanism. More attention is given to affirmative responsibilities than to negative ones; the diversity of personal vocations is taken into account; and the communal character of Christian life is borne in mind. Every major area of life is considered, and the treatment covers all the responsibilities common to all or most Catholic lay people (including marriage and family) and those common to clerics, religious, and the laity (including the exercise of the theological virtues).
Difficult Moral Questions, volume three, deals with the responsibilities of lay people in various specific situations and occupations. Potentially of course the subject matter is endless, so the book treats only two hundred difficult questions that are either widely asked, especially important, or usefully illustrative. Though the answers as such are not directly part of the Church’s moral teaching, they express and apply moral principles and norms taught by the Church.
The first forty-two questions concern religious and family responsibilities. The next fifty concern health care, both from the point of view of caregivers and patients. Sixty questions concern the environment, property, business, work, advertising, and public relations. The final forty-eight have to do with education, civic life, and legal and political matters. Each question and answer stands on its own, so that readers can skip those in which they are not interested; but systematic study of this volume will increase the reader’s ability to think through many sorts of moral issues and his or her insight into some of the constant features of several important fields of action.
The three volumes of The Way of the Lord Jesus were written primarily for use as textbooks in Catholic seminaries and as handbooks for Catholic priests. Many others, nevertheless, have taken advantage of the books’ well-organized and clearly written treatment of topics and the many study helps—highlighting essentials, putting secondary points in appendices and notes, and providing plentiful references to sources along with crisp summaries.
A fourth volume, Clerical and Consecrated Service and Life, was planned to . . .
Unless you are at a different site than I am, there are images on this page and no hyperlinks. I can not open anything. Below is all I could find.
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The Way of the Lord Jesus
—a moral theology for today’s Catholics
The Way of the Lord Jesus responds fully to Vatican II’s mandate. It presupposes and vigorously defends the truth of the Catholic Church’s moral teachings—most of which all Christians handed on until, beginning in the nineteenth century, their consensus was gradually eroded by compromises with secularism. Furthermore, The Way of the Lord Jesus is Christocentric, richly nourished by Scripture, and based on the central truths of faith. Its explanation of Christian moral teachings shows them to be, not rules, but truths about what really is good for human beings. The entire work is shaped by the teaching of Vatican II, explained and richly developed by Pope John Paul II, that God calls each and every Christian to a personal vocation uniquely his or her own—a whole, complete life of good works prepared in advance as his or her own way of holiness (see Eph 2.10).
The first volume, Christian Moral Principles, synthesizes the fundamental truths of Catholic faith with an account of the starting points of moral judgment that God causes human beings to know naturally—what St. Paul calls the law that God writes on human hearts (see Rom 2.15). The book begins with an account of free choice, conscience, moral principles, human action, and sin. It goes on to explain how integral human fulfillment will be realized in the fulfillment of all things in Christ, why everyone should follow Jesus in his redemptive work, and how the human and divine are related in each Christian’s life. It then describes the Christian virtues and shows how each Christian’s life should be shaped by prayer, by his or her personal vocation, and by participation in the sacraments. Finally, the book explains the authority of the Church’s moral teaching and deals with theological dissent from it.
Living a Christian Life, the second volume, gathers up and synthesizes what Scripture, tradition, and Church documents teach about specific moral questions. That teaching—including the norms which in recent decades have commonly been the targets of dissent—is presented accurately and explained so as to make clear its truth in the light of the Gospel and a profoundly Christian humanism. More attention is given to affirmative responsibilities than to negative ones; the diversity of personal vocations is taken into account; and the communal character of Christian life is borne in mind. Every major area of life is considered, and the treatment covers all the responsibilities common to all or most Catholic lay people (including marriage and family) and those common to clerics, religious, and the laity (including the exercise of the theological virtues).
Difficult Moral Questions, volume three, deals with the responsibilities of lay people in various specific situations and occupations. Potentially of course the subject matter is endless, so the book treats only two hundred difficult questions that are either widely asked, especially important, or usefully illustrative. Though the answers as such are not directly part of the Church’s moral teaching, they express and apply moral principles and norms taught by the Church.
The first forty-two questions concern religious and family responsibilities. The next fifty concern health care, both from the point of view of caregivers and patients. Sixty questions concern the environment, property, business, work, advertising, and public relations. The final forty-eight have to do with education, civic life, and legal and political matters. Each question and answer stands on its own, so that readers can skip those in which they are not interested; but systematic study of this volume will increase the reader’s ability to think through many sorts of moral issues and his or her insight into some of the constant features of several important fields of action.
The three volumes of The Way of the Lord Jesus were written primarily for use as textbooks in Catholic seminaries and as handbooks for Catholic priests. Many others, nevertheless, have taken advantage of the books’ well-organized and clearly written treatment of topics and the many study helps—highlighting essentials, putting secondary points in appendices and notes, and providing plentiful references to sources along with crisp summaries.
A fourth volume, Clerical and Consecrated Service and Life, was planned to . . .
