Obeying ''certain'' judgment of one's conscience?

[Zynxensar]

1790 A human being must always obey the certain judgment of his conscience. If he were deliberately to act against it, he would condemn himself. Yet it can happen that moral conscience remains in ignorance and makes erroneous judgments about acts to be performed or already committed.

So what constitutes ‘‘certain’’ judgment? If it is the same as ‘‘certain’’ conscience, then it is defined as

‘‘A state of mind when it has no prudent fear of being wrong about its judgment on some moral issue and firmly decides that some action is right or wrong’’ from Fr Hardon’s Modern Catholic Dictionary.

 

[Herculees]

Yes one must obey one’s conscience BUT it must be an INFORMED conscience.
Having an INFORMED conscience means we must read up on what the church teaches.
Seek wise counsel from those who have studied Catholic teaching.

 

[Vico]

1790 A human being must always obey the certain judgment of his conscience. If he were deliberately to act against it, he would condemn himself. Yet it can happen that moral conscience remains in ignorance and makes erroneous judgments about acts to be performed or already committed.

So what constitutes ‘‘certain’’ judgment? If it is the same as ‘‘certain’’ conscience, then it is defined as

‘‘A state of mind when it has no prudent fear of being wrong about its judgment on some moral issue and firmly decides that some action is right or wrong’’ from Fr Hardon’s Modern Catholic Dictionary.

Avoid the “mistaken notion of autonomy of conscience”.

Catechism

1792 Ignorance of Christ and his Gospel, bad example given by others, enslavement to one’s passions, assertion of a mistaken notion of autonomy of conscience, rejection of the Church’s authority and her teaching, lack of conversion and of charity: these can be at the source of errors of judgment in moral conduct.

1806 Prudence is the virtue that disposes practical reason to discern our true good in every circumstance and to choose the right means of achieving it; "the prudent man looks where he is going."65 "Keep sane and sober for your prayers."66 Prudence is “right reason in action,” writes St. Thomas Aquinas, following Aristotle.67 It is not to be confused with timidity or fear, nor with duplicity or dissimulation. It is called auriga virtutum (the charioteer of the virtues); it guides the other virtues by setting rule and measure. It is prudence that immediately guides the judgment of conscience. The prudent man determines and directs his conduct in accordance with this judgment. With the help of this virtue we apply moral principles to particular cases without error and overcome doubts about the good to achieve and the evil to avoid.

 

[0Scarlett_nidiyilii]

If you’ve made an honest effort to be informed and faithful, and you committed a sin because you genuinely didn’t know any better yet (like a brand-new Christian, for instance), God takes that into account.

But if you set out to be deliberately ignorant (“I have this dilemma, but if I find out what the Bible or catechism teaches, then I’ll be obliged to do something difficult, so I simply refuse to do the research that might upset me”) then you become culpable for your actions .

 

[porthos11]

1790 A human being must always obey the certain judgment of his conscience. If he were deliberately to act against it, he would condemn himself. Yet it can happen that moral conscience remains in ignorance and makes erroneous judgments about acts to be performed or already committed.

So what constitutes ‘‘certain’’ judgment? If it is the same as ‘‘certain’’ conscience, then it is defined as

‘‘A state of mind when it has no prudent fear of being wrong about its judgment on some moral issue and firmly decides that some action is right or wrong’’ from Fr Hardon’s Modern Catholic Dictionary.

And just because you are what you are, I’ll say it right here.

No, you do not have it. Your conscience is impaired and unreliable.

 

[PaulfromIowa]

The CCC author is not talking endorsing scrupulosity. Quite the opposite.