THE contents of Explanation of Catholic Morals appeared originally
in The Catholic Transcript, of Hartford, Connecticut, in weekly
installments. These "Briefs" are offered here to all desirous of a
better acquaintance with Catholic Morals. Morals pertain to right
living, to the things we do, in relation to God and His law, as
opposed to right thinking, to what we believe, to dogma. Dogma
directs our faith or belief, morals shape our lives. By faith we
know God, by moral living we serve Him; and this double homage, of
our mind and our works, is the worship we owe our Creator and
Master and the necessary condition of our salvation. Faith alone
will save no man. It may be convenient for the easy-going to deny
this, and take an opposite view of the matter; but convenience is
not always a safe counselor. It may be that the just man liveth by
faith; but he lives not by faith alone. Or, if he does, it is faith
of a different sort from what we define here as faith, viz., a firm
assent of the mind to truths revealed. We have the testimony of
Holy Writ, again and again reiterated, that faith, even were it
capable of moving mountains, without good works is of no avail. The
Catholic Church is convinced that this doctrine is genuine and
reliable enough to make it her own; and sensible enough, too. For
faith does not make a man impeccable; he may believe rightly, and
live badly. His knowledge of what God expects of him will not
prevent him from doing just the contrary; sin is as easy to a
believer as to an unbeliever. And he who pretends to have found
religion, holiness, the Holy Ghost, or whatever else he may call
it, and can therefore no longer prevaricate against the law, is, to
common-sense people, nothing but a sanctified humbug or a pious
idiot.
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