8th commandment

Catholic Social Teaching

1. A collection of encyclicals responding to the problems of social justice in the world

2. looks at the signs of the times in light of the Gospel to teach a just course of action for a given social issue

7 Pillars of CST

1. The dignity of the human person

2. Call to family, community, and participation

3. Rights and respinsibilities

4. Option for the poor and vulnerable

5. The dignity of work and rights of workers

6. Solidarity

7. Care for creation

8th Commandment

You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor

Truth vs. truth

Truth (big T): the person of Jesus Christ

truth (little t): that which is factually correct or otherwise in line with reality

True

An objective reality

Dogma

truths of the faith that one must believe in

ex: The Trinity, Jesus' human and divine natures, the real presence in the Eucharist

Prescriptions of the 8th commandment

1. Honesty & truthfulness

2. Sincerity: be free from pretense, deciet or hipocracy

3. Candor: open and honest in expression; frankness

Proscriptions of the 8th commandment

1. Duplicity: decietfulness; being double hearted or underhanded

2. Dissimulation: concealment of one's thoughts, feelings, character, or pretense

3. Hypocrisy: claiming one line of moral standards or beliefs and failing to follow them in one's own behavior

4. Lying: speaking a falsehood with the intention to decieve- is a direct and serious offense against truth

5. Rash Judgement: questions someone's character or concludes a moral defect

6. Insincere flattery: attributing qualities that may not exist or which are exhagerated, usually for personal gain or favor

7. Complaisance: disposition to accomodate the tastes or feelings of another for their pleasure

8. Bragging: excessively proud and boastful talk of one's achievements or possessions

9. False Witness: public statement made contrary to the truth

10. Perjury: false statement made under oath

11. Calumny (slander- false statements spoken & libel- slanderous statements written): false and malicious misrepresentation of words or actions of another intended to injure their reputation

12. Detraction: taking away from a person's merit or reputation by disclosing another's true faults or sins

3 Conditions for Keeping Secrets

1. When we promise to keep a secret

2. When it is for the good of the other person

3. When our profession or office demands it

4 Criteria for measuring the gravity of a lie

1. Nature/object of the lie

2. Intention

3. Circumstances

4. Effects on the other person

Consequences of lying

1. A lie causes the speaker moral damage

2. Lies detract from one's own sincerity and credibility

3. The person who lies breeds mistrust in human relationships

Seal of Confession

The priest may never reveal the sins confessed in the sacrament of Confession

Martyr

One who dies for the faith

Martyrdom

The highest form of witness to the Truth