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conditions require that at one and
the same time:
•
The damage inflicted by the
aggressor on the nation or com-
munity of nations must be last-
ing, grave and certain;
•
All other means of putting an
end to it must have been shown
to be impractical or ineffective;
•
There must be serious prospects
of success;
•
The use of arms must not pro-
duce evils graver than the evil to
be eliminated.
•
The power of modern means of
destruction weighs very heav-
ily in evaluating this condition.
These are the traditional ele-
ments in what is called the “just
war” doctrine.
•
The evaluation of these con-
ditions for moral legitimacy
belongs to the prudential judg-
ment of those who have respon-
sibility for the common good.
(CCC, no. 2309)
JUSTICE:
The Cardinal Virtue by
which one is able to give God and
neighbor what is due to them.
JUSTIFICATION:
The term used to
refer to the action of God by which
we are freed from our sins and
sanctified and renewed by the grace
of God.
-K-
KINGDOM OF GOD:
The actu-
alization of God’s will for human
beings proclaimed by Jesus Christ
as a community of justice, peace,
mercy, and love, the seed of which
is the Church on earth, and the
fulfillment of which is in eternity.
-L-
LAITY:
Members of the Church,
distinguished from the clergy and
those in consecrated life, who have
been incorporated into the People
of God through the Sacrament
of Baptism.
LAST JUDGMENT:
The moment
at the end of time when everyone
will appear before Christ and
receive an eternal recompense in
accord with their earthly life.
LAW:
A code of conduct established
by a competent authority. Moral
and civil law should all be based on
divine law, whether it is natural or
has been revealed by God.
LECTIO DIVINA
:
A manner of
praying with Scripture; the person
praying either reflectively reads a
passage from Scripture or listens
attentively to its being read, and