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Alevel RS OCR - Development Of Christian Thought > Christian Moral Actions > Flashcards

Christian Moral Actions Flashcards

1
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When was Dietrich Bonhoeffer born?

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1906

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2
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What type of Christianity did he practice?

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Lutherism

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3
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What is Lutherism?

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Criticised the church if it diverged from the bible

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4
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What did he believed should be separated?

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The church and the state

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5
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What time did Bonhoeffer live in?

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WW2
Germany under Hitler’s control

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6
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What did some Christian’s do?

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Join the Nazi party

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7
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What commandment of Jesus’ did this go against?

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Love thy neighbour

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8
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What were Christian’s separating themselves from?

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The Jewish people

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9
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What did they want to discard because it was from Jewish origin?

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The Old Testament

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10
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What has been a big challenge to authority of the state?

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Christianity

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11
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When was there a split between the German Protestant Churches?

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1934

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What were the two Protestant branches?

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Christian Evangelical Church (created by Hitler)
Confessing Church

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13
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Who created the Confessing Church?

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Bonhoeffer

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Why did people stay in the German Evangelical Church?

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They believed that the state’s laws were an expression of God’s laws

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Why was it called the confessing church?

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They believed that they were the only Christian’s ‘confessing’ their faith

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What did some German Christians wear to show support for Nazis National socialism?

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Brown uniforms

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17
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What did the German Evangelical church do?

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Removed all non-Aryan clergy
Tried to remove the Old Testament

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18
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Who was seen as the leader of Christianity alongside Jesus?

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Hitler

19
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What was the role of a Christian community?

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To give its members what they need to live good lives

20
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What is religionless Christianity?

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Bonhoeffer’s idea that we should get rid of old-fashioned ideas and separate itself from present ideologies

21
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What did the Confessing church gather to produce in 1934?

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The Barmen Declaration

22
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Who wrote the Barmen Declaration?

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Karl Barth

23
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What were the core beliefs of the Barmen Declaration?

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Jesus is the only true leader and only way to God
Christian’s must not follow any teaching that does not come from the revelation of Jesus
Other ideologies do not have authority over a person’s life

24
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What did Bonhoeffer later see as a weakness to the Declaration?

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It’s focus on beliefs rather than action

25
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What was a major influence on how Bonhoeffer saw religion?

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When he studied and experienced Christian culture in America

26
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What did Bonhoeffer place a huge emphasis on?

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Discipleship

27
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What is discipleship?

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Showing exclusive obedience to the leadership of God and burning all other ties

28
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What is the metaphor that Jesus used on the Sermon on the mount?

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That followers must be salt and light

29
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What does salt and light mean?

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Just as salt adds flavour to food Christian’s must act like moral people
Being the light held high lights up the whole room

30
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What was the ‘visible community’?

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The followers when their discipleship is visible in action

31
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What ideas did the confessing church reject?

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The Nazi ideology of Aryan supremacy
The anti-Jewish laws
The identification of Hitler as a figure who fulfilled the Christian vision

32
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What was the place called that Bonhoeffer was asked to look after a seminary?

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Finkenwalde

33
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W hat is a seminary?

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A place where Church leaders are trained

34
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Why was the seminary illegal and secret?

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State seminaries were only allowing Aryan people to train in their institutions

35
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When was the seminary closed?

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1937

36
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Who closed it?

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The Gestapo

37
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What did he think came from a Christian community?

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Spiritual discipline

38
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What was spiritual discipline for Bonhoeffer?

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Prayer centred
Bible-based
Simple
Focused on the whole person
Communal
Action based

39
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Why was Bonhoeffer unhappy with the confessing church

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They were not prepared to voice criticism against the treatment of the Jewish people and the collapse of civil rights in Germany

40
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What is civil disobedience?

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When a group fails to comply with certain laws in peaceful protest

41
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What actions did Bonhoeffer do in civil disobedience?

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Spoke against Hitler in public
Joined a plot to assassinate him
Rejected the idea of two separate areas of life: private + public

42
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What happened to him from these actions?

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He was sacked from the university he spoke at
Banned from attending public lectures

43
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What were the two types of Grace called?

A

Costly
Cheap

Alevel RS OCR - Development Of Christian Thought (6 decks)

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