Catholic Word of the Day: TENDENCY, 06-21-11

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TENDENCY

Any inclination or disposition that, in human beings, becomes a desire. It is either an attraction to some specific good or an aversion from some specific evil. Natural tendencies are inborn and are really one's natural powers or faculties seeking expression. Supeernatural tendencies are the graces divinely conferred to incline the will to the practice of virtue beyond the capacity of the native will, or of virtue known only on divine faith. Both natural and supernatural tendencies may be either conscious, also called elicited, when a person actually experiences his striving toward a good or away from an evil; or they can be spontaneous, without conscious awareness of the effort used in responding to a desire. (Etym. Latin tendentia; from tendere, to stretch, extend, direct oneself, tender.)

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Stretch oneself to the natural and supernatual good.

Does our modern society think of "tendency" as a moving toward evil thoughts and deeds?

Just a thought.

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Augustinianism	Meekness	Disposition
Pew	Authentic Interpretation	Dissimulation
Silvanus	Sacred Heart	Bar
Maestro di Camera	Natural Knowledge of God	Lollardism
Blessing	Agent	Satisfaction
Lapsi	Trisagion	Royal Veto
Beatitudes	Natural Sins	Divine Notion
Joanna	Gregorian Sacramentary	Ante Christum
Roman Primacy	War	Kerymatic Theology
Hegelianism	Tendency

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