To the Praise of His Glory: An Introduction to Catholic Morality
“What doth the Lord thy God require of thee, but that thou fear the Lord thy God, and walk in His ways, and love Him, and serve the Lord thy God?” (Deut 10:12)At a time when a mixture of bewilderment and positive error regarding morals has led to much chaos, contradiction, and uncertainty among Christians, this handy book provides the reader with a thorough introduction to the Catholic Church’s teaching on morality. This teaching is founded upon her understanding of the human person within God’s gracious plan of salvation. Created by God in His image and likeness, man has an immortal, immaterial soul, an intellect and will for freely apprehending and choosing the good, and an innate desire to seek happiness as his ultimate good and final end. Though wounded by original sin and our own personal sin, by divine grace we can live as true disciples of Jesus Christ and, through virtuous living, obtain some measure of happiness in this life and eternal bliss in the life to come.In order to un