Read the Catechism in a Year
Day 243 - Natural Law
Is there a natural law that everyone can know?
If people are to do good and avoid evil, certainty about what is good or evil must be inscribed within them. In fact there is such a moral law that is, so to speak, “natural” to men and can be known in principle by every person by reason.
The natural moral law is valid for everyone. It tells men what fundamental rights and duties they have and thus forms the real foundation for life together in the family, in society, and in the State. Because our natural knowledge is often troubled by sin and human weakness, a person needs God’s help and his revelation in order to stay on the right path.
What connection is there between the “natural moral law” and the Law of the Old Covenant?
The Law of the Old Covenant expresses truths that by nature are evident to human reason yet are now proclaimed and authenticated as God’s Law. (YOUCAT questions 333-334)
Dig Deeper: Corresponding CCC section (1948-1963) and other references here.
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