Irreligion
glossary_termA vice contrary by defect to the virtue of religion. Irreligion directs us away from rendering to God what we as creatures owe him in justice
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Catechism Passages
Passages ranked by relevance to Irreligion, from most closely related outward.
§2095
CHAPTER ONE YOU SHALL LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART, AND WITH ALL YOUR SOUL, AND WITH ALL YOUR MIND
The theological virtues of faith, hope, and charity inform and give life to the moral virtues. Thus charity leads us to render to God what we as creatures owe him in all justice. the Virtue of Religion disposes us to have this attitude.
§2110
CHAPTER ONE YOU SHALL LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART, AND WITH ALL YOUR SOUL, AND WITH ALL YOUR MIND
The first commandment forbids honoring gods other than the one Lord who has revealed himself to his people. It proscribes superstition and Irreligion. Superstition in some sense represents a perverse excess of religion; irreligion is the vice contrary by defect to the Virtue of Religion.