moral theology
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of moral theology
First recorded in 1900–05
Example Sentences
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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 Ph.D in political science at Stanford in 1989.
From Seattle Times ● May 29, 2022
Rev. Mauro Cozzoli, 73, a professor of moral theology at the Lateran Pontifical University, where he lives, said “until four days ago everyone was still forced to go to the office.”
From New York Times ● Mar. 27, 2020
His principal works belong to the fields of exegesis and moral theology.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 7 "Equation" to "Ethics" by Various
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