Published: 2018-01-07

Christ – truth – conscience. Three pillars of christian moral education

Marek Filipczuk
Warszawskie Studia Pastoralne
Section: Artykuły
https://doi.org/10.21697/wsp.2016.11.3.32.05

Abstract

Following the dictates of conscience is immanently connected with observing the dictates of truth. Truth has to be given priority over any social and individual institutions and choices. It cannot be subjected to any claims of political and social powers. The danger of giving up the paramount respect for truth involves the risk that we shall abandon seeking the truth apparently on account of respecting some other claim or due to humility means, in reality, that we give preference to our own comfort. It is equivalent to rejecting the essential importance of Christianity and eventually lead to deformation of faith. No one can recognize truth for someone else. It refers to the recognition of truth which, being humans, we are not able to identify forcibly. It also refers to our pursuit of good. God treated the gift of freedom as so unique and precious that He did not hesitate to permit people to commit errors even in the process of seeking truth. Man can achieve truth only by an effort of mental comprehension. This means he will have to, in a way, visualize it and reach the internal conviction that he cannot reject it.

Keywords:

conscience, freedom, truth, christian upbringing, morality, christian ethics, formation of conscience, upbringing in the spirit of truth, moral formation.

Citation rules

Filipczuk, M. (2018). Christ – truth – conscience. Three pillars of christian moral education. Warszawskie Studia Pastoralne, 3(32), 79–100. https://doi.org/10.21697/wsp.2016.11.3.32.05

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