Christian Moral Action Flashcards

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Ecumenical

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Work towards the unity of Christians or to better relationships between different dominations

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Seminary

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College where priests are trained

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Civil Disobedience

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The decision by somone to refuse to accept certain laws or practices of a government, usually non-violently

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Bonhoeffer.No Rusty Sword (page 43)

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It is only important to be clear that every man’s own will must be brought to be God’s will, that his own will must be surrender if God’s will is to be realised

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Religionless Christianity

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Describe what he thought Christianity should become: free from the trappings of the past and free from the mistaken idea that we need to fill our search for meanings with new beliefs and ideologies

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Rusty Swords

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The trappings, especially ethical, of the past that have no place in modern Christianity

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Cheap grace

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Grace when it is solely understood as a free gift from God with no obligation on the christian

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Costly grace

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Grace when it is understood as requiring a difficult response from the believer

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