b.a. summa cum laude, in theology & classical & early christian studies, from christendom...

B.A. Summa cum laude, in Theology & Classical & Early Christian Studies, from Christendom College

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Human NatureRational Level =

Your Intellect & Will

? 0=1+ei

Vegetable / Physical Level = Your body

That Human Nature occurs in these 3 levels is found in the writings of numerous philosophers (Plato, Aristotle, Piaget,

Kohlberg) & in Divine Revelation (esp. in Genesis & Revelation).

Animal / Sensate level =

Your nervous & endocrine systems (brain, spinal cord, senses, instincts)

Mystically sanctifying 1, 2, or all 3 levels of human nature, and the relations between them,

by sharing in the Mystical Body of Christ

Mystically sanctifying 1, 2, or all 3 levels of human nature, by sharing in the Mystical Body of Christ

Unrepeatable: / Becoming(Imprint indelible characters

onto the soul)

Repeatable: / DoingTimeless: / Being

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onto the soul)

Repeatable: / Doing

Baptism. (Consecrating the Body)

(Indelible character)

Timeless: / Being

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onto the soul)


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Extremunction (Strengthening either the

mind, or the body, for their separation in death, by the

ripping apart of the senses.)



onto the soul)


Eucharist. (Receiving the entire Jesus—Body

and Soul—all 3 levels)Extremunction (Strengthening either the


ripping apart of the senses.) RATIONAL

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Marriage. (Sanctifying the relation

between senses and body)Mystically sanctifying 1, 2, or all 3 levels of human nature,



onto the soul)



and Soul—all 3 levels)

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onto the soul)



and Soul—all 3 levels)Extremunction (Strengthening either the



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ripping apart of the senses.)

Confession. (Using the mind—and

one’s audible words—to accuse oneself of a sin.)





onto the soul)




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Baptism

Confirmation

Ordination

Marriage

Confession

Extremunction

Eucharist

Extremunction (Strengthening either the mind, or the body, for their separation in death, by the ripping apart of

the senses.)

Confession. (Using the mind—and

one’s audible words—to accuse oneself of a sin.)





onto the soul)




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Commandments 3-10From the list in Deut. 5:1-22

When violated, they destroy the basis for existence for 1, 2, or 3 levels of our human nature, or of the connections between them.


onto the soul)


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onto the soul)

Repeatable: / Doing

4th: Honor your Father & Mother

(Justifies your bodily existence)

Timeless: / Being

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onto the soul)


5th: You shall not Kill

(Killing is a rational decision to take physical life, by

destruction of the senses.)




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onto the soul)


7th: You shall not steal.. (Stealing is a rational decision, to execute a

sensate action, to acquire a physical item belonging to someone else.)

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onto the soul)










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6th: Don’t commit Adultery (Marital

relations with someone not your spouse)


onto the soul)










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onto the soul)












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8th: You shall not bear false witness.

(Lying is sensate speech contra-dicting one’s rational thought.)



onto the soul)








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9th: You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife.

10th: You shall not covet your neighbor’s goods.

6th: You shall not commit Adultery

5th: You shall not kill wantonly


7th: You shall not steal.


(Killing is a rational decision to take physical life, by destruction

of the senses.)


onto the soul)








(Lying is sensate speech contra-dicting one’s rational thought.)



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The 7 Deadly sins are traditionally infinite piles of tinder (fōmēs peccātī) that,

when kindled, will burn greater and greater until they destroy

1, 2, or all 3 levels of your human nature, or the connections between them.


onto the soul)


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When not checked, they will grow until they destroy 1,2,or all 3 levels of your nature, or the relations between them.


onto the soul)

Repeatable: / Doing

Gluttony(Excessive consumption of

bodily food or drink)

Timeless: / Being

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onto the soul)


Sloth (Sloth, a rational decision to not engage in sensate life, is

equivalent to death.)




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onto the soul)


Avarice (Greed). (Greed is the excessive acquisition of rational,

sensate, and physical goods, and the combinations of them, too.)






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onto the soul)









Envy (Excessive Sentimental / Imaginative desire to be

living another’s life)

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Lust (Excessive fixation on

another’s body.)


onto the soul)











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onto the soul)





another’s body.)








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Anger. (Excessive animal rage

stemming from rational hated for a perceived injustice.)


onto the soul)





another’s body.)






Pride. (Excessive self-love to the point of contempt for God

and others)



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Gluttony

Envy

Pride

Lust

Sloth

Anger

Avarice (Greed)


onto the soul)





another’s body.)

Anger. (Excessive animal rage

stemming from rational hated for a perceived injustice.)






Pride. (Excessive self-love to the point of contempt for God

and others)

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