LESSON # 5:

GROWING IN
AUTHENTIC
HUMAN FREEDOM
LEARNING TARGETS:

I can:
1. Define Human Freedom.
2. Determine the essence of the true essence
of authentic freedom.
3. Distinguish the difference between human
acts and acts of humans.
4. Reflect in order to grow in true freedom.
 WHAT IS
HUMAN
FREEDOM?
HUMAN FREEDOM
is the power or right to
act, speak, or think as
one wants without
hindrance or restraint,
and the absence of
authority.
 What is
Authentic
Freedom?
AUTHENTIC FREEDOM – means growing in
true freedom that act with greater
responsibility.

TRUE FREEDOM = Following Jesus Christ

= TRUE FREEDOM IS “DOING THE GOOD”
AM I FREE?
 Human Acts
&
Acts of Human
Human Acts – a consciously and freely
chosen act.

Acts of Humans – an instinctive or

involuntary human bodily process, such as
digesting or breathing, which is considered
neither morally good nor evil.
 A human act is an action
that is considered to be
carried out voluntarily,
whereas an act of human is
an involuntary action.
Acts of humans are instinctive, such as
physiological in nature. These are actions done
under the circumstances of ignorance, passion,
fear, violence, and habits.

HUMAN ACTS is an act that is performed only by

a human being and thus is proper to man.
 WHAT IS
ABSOLUTE
FREEDOM?
Absolute Freedom – the
erroneous notion that freedom
means doing as one pleases,
without regard for the good of
others; it is the exercise of
freedom without responsibility
or moral obligations.
FREEDOM IN THE OLD TESTAMENT

Decalogue

“FREEDOM IS RELATIONAL”
 FREEDOM IN THE NEW
TESTAMENT

JESUS CALLS US TO TRUE

FREEDOM
FREEDOM FROM ………

- Obstacles that hinder us from

truly loving God.

FREEDOM FOR ………

-As true persons-for-others in the

likeness of Christ.
Two Levels of Freedom

- Free Choice
* Freedom we have to choose from
among alternatives.

- Fundamental freedom
* Basic option underlying all
particular moral choices.
GROWING
IN
FREEDOM
Growing in freedom entails a lifetime
commitment to follow Christ.
1. Become more keenly aware of how we freely
and act to identify the inner obstacles to our
authentic human freedom.
2. Act in a way that considers the welfare of
others.
3. Identify and reflect on our personal values.
4. Nurture our life of prayer.
ASSIGNMENT:

Answer the "The Freedom Meter" Activity on

pages 325-326 of your CLE textbook.

Write all of your outputs on a long bond paper

and be submitted next meeting (face-to-face class
schedule time)

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THANK YOU!
&
GOD BLESS
YOU!!!