1. St. Thomas Aquinas and the Catechism of the Catholic Church
The Law
St. Thomas Aquinas and the Catechism of the Catholic Church

2. The treatise on the Evangelical Law
The correspondence between St. Paul and the Sermon on the Mount
Christological Character of the Treatise

3. Treatise on the Law ST I-II, qq. 90-108
Law-an extrinsic principle of human acts
Originates in God
Reason
What is the “end” of the law?
What is the end of human action?

4. Treatise on Law
“rationis ordinatio ad bonum commune, ab eo, qui curam communitatis habet, promulgata”

5. Kinds of Law Eternal Law Natural Law Human Law Divine Law
What does it have to do with Divine Providence?
Natural Law
How is it promulgated?
Human Law
Fallible?
Divine Law
Old
New

6. The New Law Two elements Theology and the New Law
Grace of the Holy Spirit
Teachings of faith, commandments, Scripture, Sacraments
Theology and the New Law
Holy Spirit and Virtues
Infused Moral Virtues
New Law and Reason
Sermon on the Mount
Moral Precepts and Virtue
The Law of Freedom
The Evangelical Counsels