Freedom Authentic Freedom

● the right to say and do

● the right to say and do
anything that is good.
anything.
● is the power rooted in
● Usually the power rooted
reason and will
in one’s will.
● Men act on their own
● Men usually act on their
judgment with TRUTH as
own judgment.
its basis and is motivated
by a sense of duty.
 Pillars of Freedom

The truth The truths The truth

about Jesus about the about man
the Savior. Church. and his
dignity.
“You will know the truth,
and the truth will make you
free” (John 8:32).
 Freedom is the power, rooted in reason
and will, to act or not to act, to do this or
that, and so to perform deliberate actions
on one's own responsibility.

CCC 1731
Limitations on the
Exercise of
Authentic
Freedom
Limitations on the Exercise of Authentic Freedom

Self Others
• Fear
• Pride ● Threat of violence
• Ignorance ● Inherited handicaps
• Disordered Passions ● Social pleasures
• Personality defects
• Bad habits
• Prejudices (or psychological disturbance)
 The greatest
single obstacle
to authentic
freedom is SIN.
 Effects of the
irresponsible
use of Freedom
Freedom without responsibility can
lead to chaos and harm.

Disorder
Violence
 “Slaves of Sin” “For I do not understand my own actions.
For I do not do what I want, but I do the very
thing I hate”
is to be someone who Romans 7:15

cannot help but make

unrighteous choices.
 “Slaves of Sin”

Living a life far from

God,
 While freedom allows for personal
autonomy and choice, responsibility
ensures that our actions consider the
well-being of others and the greater
good.
 Responsible freedom and irresponsible freedom is
the difference between what you are able to do and
what you are encouraged and invited by God to
do. It’s the difference between can and will, between
the possible and the beneficial. While freedom allows
you to sin, it does not condone sin or bad choices.

For you, brethren, have been called to liberty; only do not

use liberty as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love
serve one another. - Galatians 5:13
 Freedom
is personal and it is guided by each
individual according to his/her
knowledge of good and evil.
“Freedom is a means to human
excellence, to human happiness to
the fulfillment of human destiny.
Freedom is the capacity to choose
wisely and to act well as a matter of
habit – or to use the old-fashioned
term, as an outgrowth of virtue.