This document defines and categorizes different types of law. It states that law is a rule of conduct that gives shape to freedom and is based on basic values and reason. Law has both legal and non-legal definitions. There are four main categories of law: natural law based on the universal structure of life; civil law which applies natural law and ensures the common good; divine law which comes from religious revelation; and church law which applies divine law to Christian life circumstances. The document further breaks down divine law into the law given to Jewish people, Mosaic law from the Ten Commandments, and the law given by Christ.

2. WHAT
IS
LAW?

3. LAW
● Any rule of action or any system of
uniformity.
● a binding rule of conduct which serves
to give shape and direction to our
freedom.
● any constant way of acting or reacting,
any directive rule of activity.

4. LAW
- An ordinance of reason, promulgated by
competent authority for the sake of the
common good.

5. CHARACTERISTICS OF LAW:
1) LAW is based on vision.
2) LAW arises from and expresses basic
values.
Ex:
Thou shall not kill.
Thou shall not commit adultery.
Thou shall not steal.
Thou shall not bear false witness.

6. FUNCTIONS OF MORAL LAW:
1) They provide criteria for judging
WHO we are and HOW we should
act.
2) Laws help our moral development.
3) They provide stability and
consistency in our lives.
4) Laws can challenge us.

7. General Divisions of LAW:
(1)Law(in strict legal sense) which is
promulgated and enforced by the
state.
(2)Law(in the non-legal sense) which
is NOT promulgated and enforced
by the state.

8. Categories of LAW:
● Natural Law
● Civil Law
● Divine Law
● Church Law

9. Natural Law
- Laws that are built into the nature of life
itself, and thus are knowable to all people
in all societies.
- The universal law found in the structure of
life itself.
Ex: Murder

10. Civil Law
- The particular application of natural
law and the means of assuring the
common good.
- Promulgated and enforced by the
state.
Also called:
Positive law
Municipal Law
Imperative Law
State law

11. Divine law
- The law that comes to us from
God in revelation.
- Law of religion and faith which
concerns itself with the concept
of sin and salvation.

12. 3 Periods:
(1)Divine law received by the Jewish people
before the time of Moses.
(2) Mosaic law which was initiated in the
giving of the Ten Commandments to
Moses on Mount of Sinai.
(3) The law given to us by Christ.

13. Church Law
- Expression of divine law as it is applied to
particular circumstances of Christian life.
Ex:
Sunday Mass
Fasting

14. THANK
YOU!
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