moral theology

noun

1. the branch of theology dealing with principles of moral conduct.

moral theology

noun

1. the branch of theology dealing with ethics

Word History and Origins

Origin of moral theology¹

First recorded in 1900–05

Example Sentences

Even the Church is in peril, because "their system of moral theology is irreconcilable with the Roman Catholic religion."

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Before Kant moral theology had argued that the Judge of all the world must do right, apportioning happiness to desert.

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His principal works belong to the fields of exegesis and moral theology.

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In 1849 he came to America, and taught moral theology in Georgetown College.

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He was well skilled, too, in the moral theology of the times, as the Liber de Mensura Poenitentiarum clearly shows.

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