St. Edmund Campion Catechism Group - Series 2 Lesson 2

Who is man?

Objectives

1. Know the definition of Man:

• Material Cause (what he is made of): body
• Formal Cause (what is his principle of unity & operation): soul
• Efficient Cause (how he is made): parents prepare the matter, God infuses the soul
• Final Cause (what he is for): union with God

2. Understand the different orders of creation:

• inanimate
• living plant (nutrition, growth, reproduction)
• living irrational animal (plus sense knowledge: 5 ext. senses, 4 int. senses)
• living rational animal (plus intellect & will)
• living spiritual (just intellect & will)
  
   
• man before the fall
• man after the fall

3. Know the following definitions:

• faculty: a power, or principle of acting (everything that you do requires a faculty)
• intellect: the power of knowing the essence of things
• will: the power that directs actions towards the aquisition of good
• virtue: a good habit or a disposition to do good
• passion: the act of a sensitive appetite (types: concupiscible [love, desire, pleasure; hatred, aversion, sorrow], irascible [hope, despair, daring, fear, anger])

4.Understand the different orders of existence:

• natural
• supernatural (Divine)

5. Understand the notion and necessity of faith. Faith is a supernatural gift of God, which makes us assent to truths revealed by God, because we accept the authority of God.