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Chapter 1: Catholic Christianity Flashcards

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What is the Creation of Adam? Where is it?

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A painting of Adam that shows bringing Adam to life. The ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in Rome

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What do the Genesis stories provide for catholic beliefs about creation?

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The foundation of beliefs and also God’s nature as creator

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What are some key features of the painting?

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  • Adam is not yet fully alive
  • God and Adam are lying in similar positions and both look powerful
  • God appears to be older than Adam
  • Adam is shown as a perfect man, full of strength and potential
  • God is bringing humans to life rather than another species
  • God and Adam are reaching there hands out to each other
  • God is carried through the air by a group of angels
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What is the effect of God being carried by angels

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Shows that God is transcendent (beyond the universe)

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What is the effect of Adam being lifeless?

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Humanity depends on God for life

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What is the effect of God and Adam in similar positions?

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reflects the teaching that humanity is made in the image of God genesis 1

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What is the effect of God being old?

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Shows he is ancient and eternal while humanity is not

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What is the effect of God and Adam reaching out to each other?

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There is a longing for a close relationship between God and humanity

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How does creation of Adam not reflect catholic beliefs?

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  • Genesis 2 says God brought Adam to life by breathing into his nostrils
  • God and Adam are shown as the same size implying they are equal
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How is God’s nature shown in creation of Adam?

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He is creator, transcendant and omnipotent

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What is Genesis 1

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A poem about creation that is not scientific

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What does Genesis 1 teach about God is creator?

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  • God is the only creator who created everything
  • All creation is special because it was created by God
  • Human share qualities with God because he made them in his image
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What does Genesis 1 show as God as omnipotent?

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  • God has the power to do whatever he wants
  • He creates things from nothing
  • He can make everything exactly how he wants it ‘very good’
  • Inspires Christian’s to trust in God because he has the power to do anything
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How does Genesis 1 show God as transcendant?

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  • God only needs his own word in order to create ‘Let there be..’ and there was
  • God is beyond human understanding which inspires awe
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What is Genesis 2?

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Another account of creation which explains how everything was made

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How does god bring Adam to life?

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  • By breathing into his nostrils, ru’ach is Hebrew for breath, which translates as spirit
  • humans share the spirit of god
  • Gods spirit gives humans some of his qualities
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How are humans given gods free will?

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  • God tells Adam not to eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil
  • therefore he gives him a choice to decide for himself if he will eat from the tree
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How is stewardship shown in Genesis?

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  • in Genesis 1, god tells Adam and Eve to ‘subdue’ the earth and ‘have dominion’ over every living thing
  • this shows humans have been given power and authority to rule over alll other creatures
  • Genesis 2 god stays to Adam ‘till it and keep it’, this suggests looking after the world with care and love
  • these show Christian’s have a duty to look after the environment on behalf of God
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Why do all [people have dignity? (Worthy of honour and respect)

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  • because all people are equal since they have all been created by God and share in the qualities of god
20
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Why do catholics belive all life is holy?

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  • it has been created and blessed by God
  • sanctity of life
  • against euthanasia
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How is the Bible the word of God?

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  • God guided the writing of the Bible through the Holy Spirit
  • The Bible contains th word of God given by the prophets (people inspired by god)
  • The bible tells of the actions and teaching of Jesus in The gospels
  • The Bible contains the writings of the apostles (Jesus’ closest followers that were filled by the Holy Spirit)
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What do the Magisterium do?

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  • interpret the bible
  • are constantly inspired and guided by the Holy Spirit
  • authority of the church
  • help catholics understand the meaning of the bible
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What do the Catholic Church teach about Genesis stories?

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They should not be interpreted literally, this means that catholics can accept some of the scientific explanations of how the universe was created

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What are fundamentalists?

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People who belive the bible to be a literal account

25
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What are the main messages from the creation stories?

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  • God made everything
  • Everything that god made was good
  • humans are the high point of gods creation
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what is natural law?

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Natural law refers to the moral principles and values that are thought to be inherited to all humans

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Why do catholics belive humans are born with natural law?

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  • God made all of creation good, and humans are part of it
  • Humans are made in the image of God, they share in his qualities of being good
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Why is following natural law important for catholics? What do humans not need?

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  • Following natural law is important because it is part of Gods will for humans
  • Humans should not need rules to tell them what is right
29
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what are the basic natural laws?

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  • do good and avoid evil
  • protect and preserve life
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What did the second Vatican council stress about science and religion?

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  • that religion and science support each other
  • Catholic Church is very supportive of advances in science that help people to understand god’s creation
  • Religion and science come up with different answers because of the why and the how
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What are 3 reasons why catholics belive they should care for the environment?

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  • all creation is special because it was made by God, catholics can show their love for God by taking care of the world he’s created
  • god made humans stewards of the earth, so humans have a responsibility to look after the earth from god
  • Jesus taught Christian’s to love your neighbour as yourself, so Christian’s are expected to understand how littering and polluting the earth will affect all human life, their neighbours
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Caring for the environment?
natural resources
delicate balance

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  • there is a delicate balance with creation, damaging one aspect hurts others
  • Natural resources should be used in a way to preserve them for future generations
33
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what did the Vatican do for the environment?

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  • installed 2000 solar panels on the roof of its main halls
  • reduced the vaticans carbon emissions by 200 tonnes per year
34
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What are different ways catholics can be stewards?

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  • at a local level
  • at a national level
  • at a global level
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Give examples of a local level.

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  • throw away less waste
  • recycle more
  • walk, cycle or use public transport instead of driving
  • take part in local environmental projects
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Give examples of a national level.

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  • put pressure on companies to ensure they follow environment-friendly policies
  • support/buy products from environment-friendly businesses
  • put pressure on politicians to support laws protecting the environment
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Give examples of a global level.

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  • put pressure on government to implement policies agreed and international meetings
  • help to expose international companies that threaten the environment
38
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What is sustainability?

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  • living in a way that respects the environment and its natural resource in order to keep everything in balance and in harmony
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Why is being sustainable important for catholics?

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  • god made everything good, so all creation is important and valuable
  • promoting sustainable living helps to respect the goodness of all god’s creation
40
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What is CAFOD? What does it aim to do?

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  • the official aid agency for the catholic chruch in England and wales
  • help people living in poverty, in order to create a more balanced world
41
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What does CAFOD do to support sustainability?

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  • encourages people to live more simply and use fewer natural resources by giving awards to communities
  • Supports projects that use renewable energy
  • Works with farmers to help them adopt sustainable farming methods
  • Helping to found campaigns to help the environment

R.E Catholic Christianity Part 1 (7 decks)

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