Christian Moral Action Flashcards
Ecumenical
Work towards the unity of Christians or to better relationships between different dominations
Seminary
College where priests are trained
Civil Disobedience
The decision by somone to refuse to accept certain laws or practices of a government, usually non-violently
Bonhoeffer.No Rusty Sword (page 43)
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
Religionless Christianity
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
Rusty Swords
The trappings, especially ethical, of the past that have no place in modern Christianity
Cheap grace
Grace when it is solely understood as a free gift from God with no obligation on the christian
Costly grace
Grace when it is understood as requiring a difficult response from the believer