More on different conceptions of nature today ref. VS 46.
Cf. Second Vatican Ecumenical Council, Pastoral Constitution on the Church
in the Modern World Gaudium et Spes (abbr. GS), n°51; VS
13, 50, 79. For this globality of meaning, the true advancements of all
branches of science contribute to a better and more adequate understanding
of nature.
Cf. VS 13.
Cf. VS 79.
"It is in the light of the dignity of the human person ...that reason grasps
the specific moral value of certain goods towards which the person is
naturally inclined...the primordial moral requirement of loving and respecting
the person...implies, by its very nature, respect for certain fundamental
goods, without which one would fall into relativism and arbitrariness." (VS
48). These goods "take on moral relevance only insofar as they refer to the
human person and his authentic fulfillment, a fulfillment which for that
matter can take place always and only in human nature." (VS 50).
Cf. VS 13. 79.
Cf. VS 79.
Cf. Summa Theologiae, I, q. 79, a. 12-13; I-II, q.94, a.1.
Cf. VS 51. 53.
The natural law "expresses the dignity of the human person" (VS 51),
"the absolutely essential demands of man's personal dignity" (VS 96),
of the "transcendent value of the person" (VS 101), of the
"transcendent dignity of the human person" (VS 99). "Natural law
expresses and prescribes the finality, rights, and duties that base
themselves on the corporeal and spiritual nature of the human person"
(Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, Instruction on Respect for
Human Life in its Origin and on the Dignity of Procreation Donum Vitae,
22 February 1987, Introd. 3; cf. Paul VI, Encyclical Letter Humanae Vitae,
25 July 1968, 10).
Cf. VS 12, 42-44.
Cf. Saint Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologiae, I-II, q. 90, a. 1-4.
"Natural law is nothing other than the light of understanding infused in us
by God" (Saint Thomas, In Duo Praecepta Cariatis et in Decem Legis
Praecepta.
Prologus: Opuscula Theologica,
II, 1129, ed Taurinens 1954, 245).
Law "inscribed in the rational nature of the person" (VS 51); "law of
reason" (VS 61). Cf. VS 12. 40. 42-43. 72. 79.
Cf. Second Vatican Ecumenical Council, Declaration on Religious Freedom
Dignitatis Humanae, 3; VS 40-44. 72.
Cf. Summa Theologiae I-II, q. 91, a.2.
"The light of natural reason whereby we discern good from evil -which is the
function of the natural law- is nothing else but an imprint on us of the
divine light" (Saint Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologiae, I-II q.91,
a.2. cf, ivi q.90, a. 4.
Cf. VS 40-41.
Cf. VS 24. 45.
Cf. EV 19-20.
VS
49. Cf. VS 48-50.
The corporeal nature of the person "cannot be thought of as a simple set of
norms on the biological level; rather it must be defined as the rational
order whereby man is called by the Creator ... to make use of his own body" (VS
50).
"In Christ the Gospel of life is definitively proclaimed and fully
given that...written in the heart of every man and woman, has echoed in every
conscience 'from the beginning', from time of creation itself, in such a way
that... it can also be known in its essential traits by human reason" (EV
29). As such "the Gospel of life is not for believers alone: it is for
everyone" (EV 101). This "has a profound and persuasive echo in the
heart of every person, believer and non-believer alike" (EV 2).
"The Gospel of life includes everything that human experience and
reason tell us about the value of human life, accepting it, purifying it,
and exalting it, and bringing it to fulfillment" (EV 30).
Christians are
called to "emphasize the anthropological reasons upon which respect
for every human life is based.
In
this way, by making the newness of the Gospel of life shine forth, we
can also help everyone discover, in the light of reason and of personal
experience, how the Christian message fully reveals what man is and the
meaning of his being and existence" (EV 82).
John Paul II,
Apostolic Letter, Novo
millennio
ineunte, 6 January 2001, 51.
EV
101.
"Corpore et anima unus" (GS 14).
Cf.
VS 48-49.
VS 50. Quotes inside the
quotes refer to John Paul II, Apostolic Exhortation Familiaris Consortio,
22
November 1981, 11.
GS
24.
Cf. EV 5, 39-40. 53.
Cf. EV 4. 11. 12. 18. 24. 58-67.
Cf. EV 9-41. 53.
Cf. EV 2.
Cf. VS 2. 47.
VS 50.
VS 48.
VS 50.
Cf. VS 50.
EV
47, cf. EV 2.
Cf. VS 79.
Cf. VS 80-82.
Cf. EV 55.
EV 57. Cf. EV 57;
VS 50; Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, Declaration on
Euthanasia Iura et Bona,
5 May
1980, in AAS 72 (1980) 546.
"Man is called to a fullness of life which far exceeds the dimensions of his
earthly existence" (EV 2).
Cf. EV 2.
EV
47.
Cf. EV 47.
Cf. Pontifical Council for Pastoral Assistance to Health Care Workers,
Charter for Health Care Workers (abbr. CHW), Vatican City State
1995, n°66.
Cf. CHW 84-85. 90.
Cf. Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, Document on Euthanasia
Iura et Bona, 5 May 1980, in AAS 72 (1980) 549-551; CHW
64, 65, 120; EV 65.
Cf. Paul VI, Encyclical Humanae Vitae, 25 July 1968, 14.
Cf. EV 57.
