STUDY MATERIALS: On Veritatis Splendor

Rev. Joseph Koterski, S.J.

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  1. Introduction

  2. Structure of the Encyclical

  3. Preface (§1 - §5)

  4. Chapter One: The Pope’s use of the story of the rich young man

  5. Chapter One: Christology in Moral Theology

  6. Moral Theology and the Four Senses of Scripture

  7. Chapter Two: Preface and Section 1: Truth and the Moral Law

  8. Two Senses of Autonomy

  9. Objections and Replies

  10. Chapter Two, Section 2: Two Senses of Conscience, Its Proper Relation to Truth

  11. Chapter Two, Section 3: Fundamental Choice and Specific Kinds of Behavior

  12. Chapter Two, Section 4: The Moral Act

  13. Consequentialism and Proportionalism

  14. Teleology (Good & Bad), Considering Consequences

  15. Chapter Three: Pastoral Considerations. Morality and the Cross of Christ

  16. Martyrdom and Witness

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