moral theology

American  

noun

1. the branch of theology dealing with principles of moral conduct.

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moral theology British  

noun

1. the branch of theology dealing with ethics

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Etymology

Origin of moral theology

First recorded in 1900–05

Example Sentences

Catholic moral theology has been consistent throughout the church’s history about the obligation to live chastely.

From Washington Post • Mar. 14, 2023

Bill Donahue, president of the conservative Catholic League, praised the Sioux Falls document as “fair, yet firm, and in complete agreement with Catholic moral theology and social teachings.”

From Washington Times • Aug. 26, 2022

He obtained a doctorate in moral theology at the Gregorian University in Rome the following year and a doctorate in political science at Stanford in 1989.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 22, 2022

The reference to the German theologian pointed to Pope Francis’ most controversial difference with his predecessor—his approach to moral theology.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 21, 2018

In the twelve letters intervening between the third and the sixteenth, Pascal takes the offensive, and deploys an incomparably skilful attack on the moral theology of the Jesuits.

From A History of French Literature Short Histories of the Literatures of the World: II. by Gosse, Edmund