Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Morality, Moral Law MORALITY, MORAL LAW.See Ethics, and Law. Fuente: A Dictionary Of Christ And The Gospels

Morality See Ethics. Fuente: Dictionary of the Apostolic Church MORALITY Is that relation or proportion which actions bear to a given rule. It is generally used in reference to a good life. Morality is distinguished from religion thus: “Religion is a studious conformity of our actions to the relations in which we stand to each … Continue reading “Morality”

moralities A development of the miracle plays. In the moralities the matter was allegorical rather than historical and its object was ethical, the cultivation of Christian character. Abstract ideas were substituted for human personalities of the Bible or legendary narrative. These abstractions were represented as human beings on the stage; in many moralities the characters … Continue reading “Moralities”

Morales, Luis de Spanish painter, b. at Badajoz in Estremadura about 1509; d. at Badajoz, 1586. His life was spent in painting devotional subjects for churches and oratories. Painting was for him not merely a means of charming the sense of vision: he strove by his brush to express the religious enthusiasm which characterized his … Continue reading “Morales, Luis de”

Morales, Juan Bautista Missionary, b. about 1597 at Ecija in Andalusia, Spain; d. Fu-ning, China, 17 Sept., 1664. He entered the Ordor of St. Dominic at a very early age, and after devoting some years to missionary work in the Philippine Islands, accompanied in 1633 a band of Dominican missionaries to China, taking up their … Continue reading “Morales, Juan Bautista”

Morales, Christoacute;bal A composer, born at Seville, 2 Jan., 1512; died at Málaga, 14 June, 1553. From 1 Sept., 1535, to 4 April, 1540, he was a member of the papal choir. Formed in the Netherland School, he belonged to that group of distinguished Spaniards — da Vittoria, de Baema, del Encina, Ribera, Peñalosa, and … Continue reading “Morales, Christoacute;bal”

Morales, Ambrosio Spanish historian, b. at Cordova, 1513; d. in 1591. After his studies at the University of Salamanca and Alcalá, he took Holy orders. Soon he was elected to the chair of Belles-Lettres at Alcalá. In 1574 he was appointed chronicler of Castile and commissioned to continue Florián de Ocampo’s “Crónica General de España”. … Continue reading “Morales, Ambrosio”

Moral Virtues (Gr. aretai ethikai) In Aristotle’s philosophy those virtues, or excellences, which consist in the habitual control of conduct by rational principle; as distinct from the intellectual virtues, whose end is the knowledge of principles. See Artstotelianism; Dianoetic Virtues. — G.R.M. Fuente: The Dictionary of Philosophy

moral theology The science of moral obligation. Its field is the commandments of God, of the Church, and of every lawful authority, hence, all our duties towards God, our neighbor, and self. See also, theology. Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary Moral Theology Moral theology is a branch of theology, the science of God and Divine things. … Continue reading “Moral Theology”

Moral Sense School, The The phrase refers primarily to a few British moralists of the late 17th and early 18th centuries, notably Shaftesbury and Hutcheson, who held the organ of ethical insight to be, not reason, but a special “moral sense,” akin to feeling in nature. — W.K.F. Fuente: The Dictionary of Philosophy