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or refuse to accept this? The
solution lies largely in a con
sideration of the more funda
mental question of man’s capaci
ty to know the natural law,
especially in its finer points,
without the aid of divine reve
lation as interpreted by the
Church.
OBJECTIVELY SPEAKING,
since the natural law is written
on man’s heart (cf. Roman II:
14-16), man must be capable of
arriving at a knowledge of it
by reason alone. But the princi
ples, some more patent than
others; still others quite ob-
secure.
The more evident dictates of
the natural lav/ (i.e., the Ten
Commandments) man can, by
reason alone, know sufficiently
and correctly. But an adequate
and accurate knowledge of the
more remote conclusions from
the natural law cannot easily be
possesed by the generality of
men, practically speaking, with
out the assistance of divine reve
lation and the Church.
THERE ARE several reasons
for this. One is the fact that the
truths of the natural law are
suprasensible. Consequently, a
clear grasp of them is impos
sible without close and detailed
metaphysical argumentaion. In
such matters, emotional argu
ments are as utterly useless as
they would be in mathematical
computation.
Yet the generality of men
does not possess the training
either in logic or in ethics to be
able to develop and understand
such scientific reasoning. (This
is also true, unfortunately, of a
large segment of non-Catholic
ministers).
ANOTHER REASON why
men are most liable to error
with regard to their understand
ing of the more remote con
clusions from the natural law is
that such conclusions are dif
ficult to accept in the concrete,
since they demand self-abnega
tion. As a result, men persuade
themselves that what they sus
pect might be immoral is really
not wrong at all, at least not
seriously so. Underlying such a
persuasion is man’s inclination
toward evil, resulting from
Original Sin.
Because such obstacles im
pede man’s reason in his quest
for an adequate knowledge of
' the natural law, divine revela
tion must be considered as
morally necessary in order that,
in the words of our Holy Father,
Pope Pius XII, “those religious
and moral truths which are not
of their nature beyond the reach
of reason may, also in the pres
ent condition of the human race,
he known with ease, unweaver
ing certitude and without any
admixture of error.”
BUT THE OFFICIAL cus-
. todian of revelation, and the
only authoritative interpreter of
1 the natural law, is the Church.
In the words of Pope Pius again,
both “the natural law written
in the heart, and the truths and
precepts of supernatural revela
tion, Jesus our Redeemer gave
to Iiis Church as the moral
treasure of humanity in order
that she might preach them to
all creatures, explain them and
hand them on intact and safe
guarded from all contamination
and error from one generation
to another.”
To sum up, then. Objectively,
the generality of men can, by
using reasoning powers, know
the natural law and its primary
conclusions. Practically speak
ing, however, the average man
cannot with ease come to an
adequate and correct knowledge
of the more remote conclusions
of the natural law without the
guidance of the Church.
"IN OUR AGE, writes one
modern theologian, “this guid
ance seems to be particularly
necessary in the matter of arti
ficial birth prevention.” The
writer could have added euth
anasia, direct sterilization of the
innocent, and so-called “thera
peutic abortion.
Theology for
The Layman
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Persons ever present to our
minds. If we invariably spoke
of every divine operation upon
us as the work of God, or the
work of the three Persons, we
might come to feel that there
was no real distinction between
them at all, that Father, Son and
Spirit were simply three ways
of saying the same thing.
% But appropriation is a con
stant reminder to us that they
are distinct; not only that, it
reminds us of the personal cha
racter of each — that the Father
is Origin, the Son proceeds by
the way of Knowledge, the Holy
Spirit by the way of Love.
9 Georgians
At Belmont
BELMONT — Nine Catholic
students from Georgia have en
rolled at Belmont Abbey Col
lege, Belmont, N. C., for the
Fall term.
Registered as Seniors are Pat
rick A. Cusick of Rome; James
A. Fogarty and Frank C. Ken
nedy of Savannah; and Thomas
A. Hennessey and Michael J. O’
Connell of Augusta.
Philip J. O’Connor of Augusta
is enrolled as a Junior.
David J. Bohorfoush is a
member of the Sophomore Class
and is from Augusta.
Enrolled as Freshmen are J.
Patrick O’Connor and John H.
Trott of Atlanta.
Cardinal's Will
Names Archdiocese
CHIGAGO — The late Cardi
nal Samuel Stritch left all but
$1,000 of his “known and un
known” possessions to the Cath
olic Bishop of Chicago. In a sim
ply worded last will and testa
ment, the Cardinal directed that
$1,000 be used as offerings for
Masses for the repose of his soul.
Patrick J. Ceceri
Services In Rome
ROME, Ga., — Funeral serv
ices for Patrick J. Ceceri were
held September 18th with a re
quiem mass at St. Mary’s
Church, Rev. Patrick J. Connell
officiating.
Survivors are his wife, one
daughter, Pamela Ceceri; one
son, Stephen Ceceri; one bro
ther, Dominick Ceceri, all of
Rome, several nieces and
Yiephews.
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