5 - Catholic Creation Flashcards

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Image of God

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Belief that humans are in the image of God in their moral, spiritual and intellectual nature

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Sanctity of life

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All life is holy as it is created and loved by God; human life should not be misused or abused

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Transcendent

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Idea that God is above and outside life on Earth

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Omnipotent

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Almighty, having unlimited power

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5
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Imago dei

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Means image of god. It is the latin term to show that God made humans in his image and kindness

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Dignity

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Because everyone was made in God image with love and kindness, everyone should be treated with respect and not mistreated, this is dignity

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Free will

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Idea that God gave us freedom to make our own decisions and be free. This also means there is an existance of evil as some choose to misuse their free will

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Stewardship

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Idea that everything made by God in the environment so we should treat everything with respect in order to show respect for God

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Literal interpretation of Genesis

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The literal interpretation of Geneisis 1 and 2 is that God created the world in 6 days and rested for 1 and that God created Adam and eve

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Non literal interpretation of the genesis stories

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The creation stories were myths or that it is true but done over a period of time by God, but the main idea of the genesis is the same, God created the world

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Natural law

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Moral principles and values that are considered to be inherent to all humans

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Omniscent

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Quality of God stating that he has all knowledge of thw world

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How does natural law link to the belief about humans

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Because all humans are created in the image and likeness of God. Humans should have an instincitive knowledge of what is good and fully human

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What does the old testement explain

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All the creation stories and how God created the world

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How many books are there in the old testement

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39

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What does the new testment entail

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Teaching the record of life, teachings and missions of Jesus and moral stories that Christians can learn from

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How many books are there in the new testement

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27

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3 beliefs expressed by michelangelo’s creation of Adam

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God is powerful, God is from heaven as he is sitting on angels, God has wisdom which we can see from the grey beard, Adam is depicted as lifeless and weak (small penis),, God is superior to Adam as he is positioned above him

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2 critisms about Michelangelo’s creation of Adam

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It is not what the Bible says as the Bible states God breathed life into Adam and we don’t actually know whay God looks likkeand it is a stereotypical view of God

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3 beliefs the ‘hand of God’ expresses

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Shows god is omnipotant, shows God has made the sun and light comes from his hand,

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Only critism of hand of God

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Stereotypical as the hand is white and we don’t know what race God was

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Why should we perform stewardship?

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Because God made this world and the environment with love and blessed everything we created,. So in order to show thanks to God, we should treat what he created with care and respect just how we would treat God

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Ways to perform stewardship

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Picking up litter, keeping the world a clean place, use an electric car, encourage others to become sustainable …

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What is sustainability

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To only use resources at a rate at which they can be replaced

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3 ways CAFOD are working on making the world a more sustainable place

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Encouragine people in England and Wales to live more simply., supportingand setting up projects which recognises that humans, resources and the environment are all important and working with other organisations to ensure that sustainability is one of the leading approaches

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What is the authority of the magisterium

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Teach the catholic church of the religion authority which is exercised by the pope and bishops

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2 types of writing in the old testement

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Law - God giving laws for christians to follow
Historical - history of catholism for christians to learn

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5 characteristics of humans

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Imago dei, dignity, sanctity of life, free will and stewardship

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3 characteristics of God

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Omnipotent, transcendent and omniscuent

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What do fundamentalists believe about the Bible

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The bible is the absolute word of God so cannot be wrong

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Benevolent

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All loving (quality of God)

32
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Quote for image of God

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‘There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.’