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

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

Benedict wrote that within the church, an erosion of moral theology, apparently also among abusive priests, left it “defenseless against these changes in society.”

From New York Times • Apr. 11, 2019

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

He taught belles-lettres, philosophy, moral theology, and the Holy Scriptures, and preached for several years.

From The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 - Volume 40 of 55 1690-1691 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Close of the Nineteenth Century by Blair, Emma Helen