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Overview
- Introduction
- Jesus Christ, the true light that enlightens everyone (Nos. 1-3)
- The purpose of the present Encyclical (Nos. 4-5)
- Chapter One: "Teacher, What Good must I Do ...?" (Mt. 19:16)
Christ and the answer to the question about morality
"Someone came to him..." (Mt 19:16) (Nos. 6-7)
"Teacher, what good must I do to have eternal life?"
- (Mt 19:16) (No. 8)
"There is only one who is good" (Mt 19:17) (Nos. 9-11)
"If you wish to enter into life, keep the commandment"
- (Mt 19:17 (Nos. 12- 15)
"If you wish to be perfect" (Mt 19:21) (Nos. 12-15)
"Come, follow me" (Mt 19:21) (Nos 19-21)
"With God all things are possible"(Mt 19:26) (Nos. 22-24)
"Lo, I am with you always, to the close of the age" (Mt 28:20)
- (Nos. 25-27)
Chapter Two: "Do Not Be Conformed to this World" (Rom 12:2)
The Church and the discernment of certain tendencies in present-day
- moral theology
Teaching what befits sound doctrine (cf. Tit 2:1) (Nos. 28-30)
"You will know the truth, and the truth will make you free" (Jn 8:32) (Nos 31-34)
- Freedom and Law
"Of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat" (Gen 2:17) (Nos. 35-37)
"God left man in the power of his own counsel" (Sir 15:14) (Nos 38-41)
Blessed is the man who takes delight in the law of the Lord (cf. Ps 1:1-2) (Nos. 42-45)
"What the law requires is written on their hearts" (Rom 2:15) Nos. 46-50)
"From the beginning it was not so" (Mt 19:8) (Nos. 51-53)
- Conscience and Truth Man's Sanctuary (Nos. 54-56)
The judgment of conscience (Nos. 57-61)
Seeking what is true and good (Nos. 62-64)
- Fundamental Choice and Specific Kinds of Behaviour
"Only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh" (Gal 5:13) (Nos. 65-68)
Mortal and venial sin (Nos. 69-70)
- The Moral Act
Teleology and teleologism (Nos. 71-75)
The object of the deliberate act (Nos. 71-75)
"Intrinsic evil": it is not licit to do evil that good may come of it (cf. Rom 3:8) Nos 79-83)
Chapter Three: "Lest the Cross of Christ Be Emptied of its Power"(1 Cor 1:17)
"Moral good for the life of the Church and of the world"
"For freedom Christ has set us free" (Gal 5:1) (Nos 84-87)
Walking in the light (cf. 1 Jn 1:7) (Nos 88-89)
Martyrdom, the exaltation of the inviolable holiness of God's law (Nos. 90- 94)
Universal and unchanging moral norms at the service of the person and of society (Nos. 95-97)
Morality and the renewal of social and political life (Nos. 98-101)
Grace and obedience to God's law (Nos. 102-105)
Morality and new evangelization (Nos. 106-108)
The service of moral theologians (Nos. 109-113)
Our own responsibilities as Pastors (Nos. 114-117)
Conclusion
Mary, Mother of Mercy (Nos. 118-120)
Index / Introduction
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