B.A. Summa cum laude, in Theology & Classical & Early Christian Studies, from Christendom College RATIONAL SENSATE PHYSICAL
Human Nature Rational Level = Your Intellect & Will ? 0=1+ei0=1+ei Vegetable / Physical Level = Your body That Human Nature occurs in these 3 levels is found in the writings of numerous philosophers (Plato, Aristotle, Piaget, Kohlberg) & in Divine Revelation (esp. in Genesis & Revelation). Animal / Sensate level = Your nervous & endocrine systems (brain, spinal cord, senses, instincts)
Mystically sanctifying 1, 2, or all 3 levels of human nature, and the relations between them, by sharing in the Mystical Body of Christ
Mystically sanctifying 1, 2, or all 3 levels of human nature, by sharing in the Mystical Body of Christ Unrepeatable: / Becoming (Imprint indelible characters onto the soul) Repeatable: / Doing Timeless: / Being RATIONAL SENSATE PHYSICAL
Mystically sanctifying 1, 2, or all 3 levels of human nature, by sharing in the Mystical Body of Christ Unrepeatable: / Becoming (Imprint indelible characters onto the soul) Repeatable: / Doing Baptism. (Consecrating the Body) (Indelible character) Timeless: / Being RATIONAL SENSATE PHYSICAL
Mystically sanctifying 1, 2, or all 3 levels of human nature, by sharing in the Mystical Body of Christ Unrepeatable: / Becoming (Imprint indelible characters onto the soul) Repeatable: / Doing Baptism. (Consecrating the Body) (Indelible character) Timeless: / Being RATIONAL SENSATE PHYSICAL Extremunction (Strengthening either the mind, or the body, for their separation in death, by the ripping apart of the senses.)
Mystically sanctifying 1, 2, or all 3 levels of human nature, by sharing in the Mystical Body of Christ Unrepeatable: / Becoming (Imprint indelible characters onto the soul) Repeatable: / Doing Baptism. (Consecrating the Body) (Indelible character) Timeless: / Being Eucharist. (Receiving the entire Jesus—Body and Soul—all 3 levels) Extremunction (Strengthening either the mind, or the body, for their separation in death, by the ripping apart of the senses.) RATIONAL SENSATE PHYSICAL
Mystically sanctifying 1, 2, or all 3 levels of human nature, by sharing in the Mystical Body of Christ Unrepeatable: / Becoming (Imprint indelible characters onto the soul) Repeatable: / Doing Confirmation. (Consecrating the Senses) (Indelible character) Baptism. (Consecrating the Body) (Indelible character) Timeless: / Being Eucharist. (Receiving the entire Jesus—Body and Soul—all 3 levels) Extremunction (Strengthening either the mind, or the body, for their separation in death, by the ripping apart of the senses.) RATIONAL SENSATE PHYSICAL
Marriage. (Sanctifying the relation between senses and body) Mystically sanctifying 1, 2, or all 3 levels of human nature, by sharing in the Mystical Body of Christ Unrepeatable: / Becoming (Imprint indelible characters onto the soul) Repeatable: / Doing Confirmation. (Consecrating the Senses) (Indelible character) Baptism. (Consecrating the Body) (Indelible character) Timeless: / Being Eucharist. (Receiving the entire Jesus—Body and Soul—all 3 levels) RATIONAL SENSATE PHYSICAL Extremunction (Strengthening either the mind, or the body, for their separation in death, by the ripping apart of the senses.) RATIONAL SENSATE PHYSICAL
Marriage. (Sanctifying the relation between senses and body) Mystically sanctifying 1, 2, or all 3 levels of human nature, by sharing in the Mystical Body of Christ Unrepeatable: / Becoming (Imprint indelible characters onto the soul) Repeatable: / Doing Confirmation. (Consecrating the Senses) (Indelible character) Ordination. (Consecrating the mind) (Indelible character) Baptism. (Consecrating the Body) (Indelible character) Timeless: / Being Eucharist. (Receiving the entire Jesus—Body and Soul—all 3 levels) Extremunction (Strengthening either the mind, or the body, for their separation in death, by the ripping apart of the senses.) RATIONAL SENSATE PHYSICAL
Extremunction (Strengthening either the mind, or the body, for their separation in death, by the ripping apart of the senses.) Confession. (Using the mind—and one’s audible words—to accuse oneself of a sin.) Marriage. (Sanctifying the relation between senses and body) Mystically sanctifying 1, 2, or all 3 levels of human nature, by sharing in the Mystical Body of Christ Unrepeatable: / Becoming (Imprint indelible characters onto the soul) Repeatable: / Doing Confirmation. (Consecrating the Senses) (Indelible character) Ordination. (Consecrating the mind) (Indelible character) Baptism. (Consecrating the Body) (Indelible character) Timeless: / Being Eucharist. (Receiving the entire Jesus—Body and Soul—all 3 levels) RATIONAL SENSATE PHYSICAL
SENSATERATIONAL Baptism Confirmation Ordination Marriage Confession Extremunction Eucharist
Extremunction (Strengthening either the mind, or the body, for their separation in death, by the ripping apart of the senses.) Confession. (Using the mind—and one’s audible words—to accuse oneself of a sin.) Marriage. (Sanctifying the relation between senses and body) Mystically sanctifying 1, 2, or all 3 levels of human nature, by sharing in the Mystical Body of Christ Unrepeatable: / Becoming (Imprint indelible characters onto the soul) Repeatable: / Doing Confirmation. (Consecrating the Senses) (Indelible character) Ordination. (Consecrating the mind) (Indelible character) Baptism. (Consecrating the Body) (Indelible character) Timeless: / Being Eucharist. (Receiving the entire Jesus—Body and Soul—all 3 levels) RATIONAL SENSATE PHYSICAL
Commandments 3-10 From the list in Deut. 5:1-22 When violated, they destroy the basis for existence for 1, 2, or 3 levels of our human nature, or of the connections between them.
Unrepeatable: / Becoming (Imprint indelible characters onto the soul) Repeatable: / Doing Timeless: / Being RATIONAL SENSATE PHYSICAL When violated, they destroy the basis for existence for 1, 2, or 3 levels of our human nature, or of the connections between them.
Unrepeatable: / Becoming (Imprint indelible characters onto the soul) Repeatable: / Doing 4 th : Honor your Father & Mother (Justifies your bodily existence) Timeless: / Being RATIONAL SENSATE PHYSICAL When violated, they destroy the basis for existence for 1, 2, or 3 levels of our human nature, or of the connections between them.
Unrepeatable: / Becoming (Imprint indelible characters onto the soul) Repeatable: / Doing Timeless: / Being 5th: You shall not Kill (Killing is a rational decision to take physical life, by destruction of the senses.) When violated, they destroy the basis for existence for 1, 2, or 3 levels of our human nature, or of the connections between them. 4 th : Honor your Father & Mother (Justifies your bodily existence) RATIONAL SENSATE PHYSICAL
Unrepeatable: / Becoming (Imprint indelible characters onto the soul) Repeatable: / Doing Timeless: / Being 7 th : You shall not steal.. (Stealing is a rational decision, to execute a sensate action, to acquire a physical item belonging to someone else.) RATIONAL SENSATE PHYSICAL 5th: You shall not Kill (Killing is a rational decision to take physical life, by destruction of the senses.) When violated, they destroy the basis for existence for 1, 2, or 3 levels of our human nature, or of the connections between them. 4 th : Honor your Father & Mother (Justifies your bodily existence) RATIONAL SENSATE PHYSICAL
Unrepeatable: / Becoming (Imprint indelible characters onto the soul) Repeatable: / Doing 9 th : Don’t covet another’s wife (Willed sensual animal attraction) Timeless: / Being 5th: You shall not Kill (Killing is a rational decision to take physical life, by destruction of the senses.) When violated, they destroy the basis for existence for 1, 2, or 3 levels of our human nature, or of the connections between them. 7 th : You shall not steal.. (Stealing is a rational decision, to execute a sensate action, to acquire a physical item belonging to someone else.) 4 th : Honor your Father & Mother (Justifies your bodily existence) RATIONAL SENSATE PHYSICAL
6 th : Don’t commit Adultery (Marital relations with someone not your spouse) Unrepeatable: / Becoming (Imprint indelible characters onto the soul) Repeatable: / Doing 9 th : Don’t covet another’s wife (Willed sensual animal attraction) Timeless: / Being 5th: You shall not Kill (Killing is a rational decision to take physical life, by destruction of the senses.) 7 th : You shall not steal.. (Stealing is a rational decision, to execute a sensate action, to acquire a physical item belonging to someone else.) When violated, they destroy the basis for existence for 1, 2, or 3 levels of our human nature, or of the connections between them. 4 th : Honor your Father & Mother (Justifies your bodily existence) RATIONAL SENSATE PHYSICAL
Unrepeatable: / Becoming (Imprint indelible characters onto the soul) Repeatable: / Doing 9 th : Don’t covet another’s wife (Willed sensual animal attraction) 10 th : Don’t covet another’s goods. (Willed wanting of another’s situation) Timeless: / Being 5th: You shall not Kill (Killing is a rational decision to take physical life, by destruction of the senses.) When violated, they destroy the basis for existence for 1, 2, or 3 levels of our human nature, or of the connections between them. 7 th : You shall not steal.. (Stealing is a rational decision, to execute a sensate action, to acquire a physical item belonging to someone else.) 6 th : Don’t commit Adultery (Marital relations with someone not your spouse) 4 th : Honor your Father & Mother (Justifies your bodily existence) RATIONAL SENSATE PHYSICAL
5th: You shall not Kill (Killing is a rational decision to take physical life, by destruction of the senses.) 8 th : You shall not bear false witness. (Lying is sensate speech contra- dicting one’s rational thought.) When violated, they destroy the basis for existence for 1, 2, or 3 levels of our human nature, or of the connections between them. Unrepeatable: / Becoming (Imprint indelible characters onto the soul) Repeatable: / Doing 9 th : Don’t covet another’s wife (Willed sensual animal attraction) 10 th : Don’t covet another’s goods. (Willed wanting of another’s situation) Timeless: / Being 7 th : You shall not steal.. (Stealing is a rational decision, to execute a sensate action, to acquire a physical item belonging to someone else.) 6 th : Don’t commit Adultery (Marital relations with someone not your spouse) 4 th : Honor your Father & Mother (Justifies your bodily existence) RATIONAL SENSATE PHYSICAL
SENSATERATIONAL 4 th : Honor your Father & Mother 9 th : You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife. 10 th : You shall not covet your neighbor’s goods. 6 th : You shall not commit Adultery 5 th : You shall not kill wantonly 8 th : You shall not bear false witness. 7 th : You shall not steal.
5th: You shall not Kill (Killing is a rational decision to take physical life, by destruction of the senses.) Unrepeatable: / Becoming (Imprint indelible characters onto the soul) Repeatable: / Doing 9 th : Don’t covet another’s wife (Willed sensual animal attraction) 10 th : Don’t covet another’s goods. (Willed wanting of another’s situation) Timeless: / Being When violated, they destroy the basis for existence for 1, 2, or 3 levels of our human nature, or of the connections between them. 7 th : You shall not steal.. (Stealing is a rational decision, to execute a sensate action, to acquire a physical item belonging to someone else.) 6 th : Don’t commit Adultery (Marital relations with someone not your spouse) 8 th : You shall not bear false witness. (Lying is sensate speech contra- dicting one’s rational thought.) 4 th : Honor your Father & Mother (Justifies your bodily existence) RATIONAL SENSATE PHYSICAL
The 7 Deadly sins are traditionally infinite piles of tinder (fōmēs peccātī) that, when kindled, will burn greater and greater until they destroy 1, 2, or all 3 levels of your human nature, or the connections between them.
Unrepeatable: / Becoming (Imprint indelible characters onto the soul) Repeatable: / Doing Timeless: / Being RATIONAL SENSATE PHYSICAL When not checked, they will grow until they destroy 1,2,or all 3 levels of your nature, or the relations between them.
Unrepeatable: / Becoming (Imprint indelible characters onto the soul) Repeatable: / Doing Gluttony (Excessive consumption of bodily food or drink) Timeless: / Being RATIONAL SENSATE PHYSICAL When not checked, they will grow until they destroy 1,2,or all 3 levels of your nature, or the relations between them.
Unrepeatable: / Becoming (Imprint indelible characters onto the soul) Repeatable: / Doing Timeless: / Being Sloth (Sloth, a rational decision to not engage in sensate life, is equivalent to death.) Gluttony (Excessive consumption of bodily food or drink) When not checked, they will grow until they destroy 1,2,or all 3 levels of your nature, or the relations between them. RATIONAL SENSATE PHYSICAL
Unrepeatable: / Becoming (Imprint indelible characters onto the soul) Repeatable: / Doing Timeless: / Being Avarice (Greed). (Greed is the excessive acquisition of rational, sensate, and physical goods, and the combinations of them, too.) Gluttony (Excessive consumption of bodily food or drink) When not checked, they will grow until they destroy 1,2,or all 3 levels of your nature, or the relations between them. Sloth (Sloth, a rational decision to not engage in sensate life, is equivalent to death.) RATIONAL SENSATE PHYSICAL
Unrepeatable: / Becoming (Imprint indelible characters onto the soul) Repeatable: / Doing Timeless: / Being Avarice (Greed). (Greed is the excessive acquisition of rational, sensate, and physical goods, and the combinations of them, too.) Gluttony (Excessive consumption of bodily food or drink) When not checked, they will grow until they destroy 1,2,or all 3 levels of your nature, or the relations between them. Sloth (Sloth, a rational decision to not engage in sensate life, is equivalent to death.) Envy (Excessive Sentimental / Imaginative desire to be living another’s life) RATIONAL SENSATE PHYSICAL
Lust (Excessive fixation on another’s body.) Unrepeatable: / Becoming (Imprint indelible characters onto the soul) Repeatable: / Doing Timeless: / Being Avarice (Greed). (Greed is the excessive acquisition of rational, sensate, and physical goods, and the combinations of them, too.) Gluttony (Excessive consumption of bodily food or drink) When not checked, they will grow until they destroy 1,2,or all 3 levels of your nature, or the relations between them. Sloth (Sloth, a rational decision to not engage in sensate life, is equivalent to death.) Envy (Excessive Sentimental / Imaginative desire to be living another’s life) RATIONAL SENSATE PHYSICAL
Unrepeatable: / Becoming (Imprint indelible characters onto the soul) Repeatable: / Doing Pride. (Excessive self-love to the point of contempt for God and others) Timeless: / Being Avarice (Greed). (Greed is the excessive acquisition of rational, sensate, and physical goods, and the combinations of them, too.) Lust (Excessive fixation on another’s body.) Gluttony (Excessive consumption of bodily food or drink) When not checked, they will grow until they destroy 1,2,or all 3 levels of your nature, or the relations between them. Sloth (Sloth, a rational decision to not engage in sensate life, is equivalent to death.) Envy (Excessive Sentimental / Imaginative desire to be living another’s life) RATIONAL SENSATE PHYSICAL
Anger. (Excessive animal rage stemming from rational hated for a perceived injustice.) Unrepeatable: / Becoming (Imprint indelible characters onto the soul) Repeatable: / Doing Timeless: / Being Avarice (Greed). (Greed is the excessive acquisition of rational, sensate, and physical goods, and the combinations of them, too.) Lust (Excessive fixation on another’s body.) Gluttony (Excessive consumption of bodily food or drink) When not checked, they will grow until they destroy 1,2,or all 3 levels of your nature, or the relations between them. Sloth (Sloth, a rational decision to not engage in sensate life, is equivalent to death.) Pride. (Excessive self-love to the point of contempt for God and others) Envy (Excessive Sentimental / Imaginative desire to be living another’s life) RATIONAL SENSATE PHYSICAL
SENSATERATIONAL Gluttony Envy Pride Lust Sloth Anger Avarice (Greed)
Unrepeatable: / Becoming (Imprint indelible characters onto the soul) Repeatable: / Doing Envy (Excessive Sentimental / Imaginative desire to be living another’s life) Timeless: / Being Avarice (Greed). (Greed is the excessive acquisition of rational, sensate, and physical goods, and the combinations of them, too.) Lust (Excessive fixation on another’s body.) Anger. (Excessive animal rage stemming from rational hated for a perceived injustice.) Gluttony (Excessive consumption of bodily food or drink) When not checked, they will grow until they destroy 1,2,or all 3 levels of your nature, or the relations between them. Sloth (Sloth, a rational decision to not engage in sensate life, is equivalent to death.) Pride. (Excessive self-love to the point of contempt for God and others) RATIONAL SENSATE PHYSICAL
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