Christian moral Principles Flashcards
What is reason?
The human beings capacity to reach conclusions and make judgements based on logic ,knowledge and morality
What is agape ?
Unconditional love
What is natural law ?
A body of unchanging moral principles regarded as a basis for all human conduct
What is magisterium ?
The official and authoritative teaching of the Roman Catholic Church
What is the papal encyclical ?
A kind of letter concerning catholic doctrine , sent by the pope on behalf of the magisterium
What are ethics ?
Moral principles that govern a persons behaviour or the conducting of an activity
What is morality .
Principles concerning the distinction between right and wrong or good and bad behaviour
What is a principle ?
A fundamental truth or proposition that serves as the foundation for a system of belief or behaviour or for a chain of reasoning
What is Theonomous christian ethics ?
Ethics are governed by gods law or command s
What is biblicism ?
Belief that the bible is the revealed word of god and that the writers of the bible were directly inspired by god
What is a covenant ?
In the bible is gods special promises and agreement made with humans which requires special behaviour from them
What are heteronomous christian ethics ?
Christian ethics should combine both biblical and church teaching with human reaosning
What is teleological ?
Moral goodness is determined by the end or result
What are autonomous christian ethics ?
Christian ethics should do not come from the bible , the church or any external source
The only guiding moral principle should be love
What is the issue with heteronormative christian ethics ?
How do you know which sources are legitimate
What do fundamentalsists believe about the bible ?
It’s the direct word of god , therefore it’s truth is not to be questioned
What do liberals believe about the bible ?
It’s inspired by god
What did Karl Barth say about liberalism ?
It could be dangerous as it gives the bible a divine status that can only rightly be given to go
What are some examples of contradictions +
What is the top of the magisterium ?
Cardinals
What do Amos and isaiah show ?
OT
Prophets focus on social justice in particular and see a proper response to gods covenant to be a treatment of the poor
Why should Christian’s only get their moral principles from the bible ?
We should look for instructions on how to live
Fundamentalists - it’s the word of god so we need to obey him
Jesus teachings which we can learn from
Why shouldn’t Christian’s get their moral principles just from the bible
Doesn’t reflect society today
Could be seen as out of date
What is the niceee creed,
Statement of belief used by Christian’s
It says “we believe in one ,holy , catholic and apostolic church ?
What is the importance of the apostle tradition and succession ?
The authority given to St Peter by Jesus is alive in the church today
Why pope has authority today
Why the church has authority to say what the Bible means
What are legitimate sources for catholic Protestant Christian ethics ?
The catechism
What is hans Kungs global ethic ?
we all have a duty to take care of the world
Why is kungs liberal Catholicism controversial ?
It is not contrary to the principles of catholic reasoning and conscience to conclude that keeping someone alive at all costs cannot be morally high
How is situation ethics a form of autonomous ethics ?
They aim for the most loving situation
Is love sufficient as a guiding ethical principle ?
Christian values have been grounded in the christian narrative which deals with issues like forgiveness ,redemption , afterlife and community
Is agape a distinction christian principle ?
Christian ethics are distinctive and how Christian’s should operate in a non religious society have been a concern for the past century
What are the problems with theonomous christian ethics ?
How are contradictory bible passages to be interpreted
What are the problems of heteronomous christian ethics ?
Which sources are legitimate
Which sources gave greater authority
What are the problems with autonomous christian ethics ?
Could undermine the magisterium of the church
Is agape distinctively christian ?
what does it say in 2 timothy 3:16 ?
“all scripture is inspired/breathed out by God”
-God is its author and therefore the bible is infallible
what are the strengths of the ominous christian ethics ?
1)humans are incapable to living good lives based on their own powers of reason as sinful and ignorant need gods revelation
2) god is the author of the bible and it is therefore infallible ,absolute therefore clear
3) illustrated through real life stories of Jesus
what is the literalism quote ?
“if your right eye causes you to sin ,tear it out and throw it away “
what did karl barth believe ?
literalism falsely gives the bible a divine status which may only be attributed to God
bible has different writers over a long period of time
what are example of biblical contradictions ?
violence shifts between old and new testament
Old - “eye for an eye” ,war ,capital punishment ,retribution
New - jesus sermon on the amount , reconciliation
what are the weaknesses of theonokous ethics ?
dangers are limited understanding and how to interpret the bible
dealing with contradictions
time difference between now and time of writing
so many diff writing styles suggesting some degree of human authorship
what are the strengths of heteronomous christian ethics ?
need reason to reflect and consider how to apply christian principles in new situations
the bible is part of a historical traditions inspired by god to write down thoughts
what is the magisterium
the official and authentic teaching of the church vested in the pope and his bishops
what is liberation theology ?
placed the bible at the centre of ethics
been suspicious of top down traditional church teaching
ethics from below beginning with the conditions which have exploited marginalised people
who was stanley hauerwas ?
ethics only down within christian worshipping community
part of the narrative which develops out if the bible and continues through history
role of christian communities is to causation societies values
who was hans kumg ?
global ethic - binding values and fundamental moral attitude
argues that there is nothing in the content of christian ethics which could not be found elsewhere by any person of good will
where would a heteronomous christian ethic would get there moral guidance from ?
bible church and their conscience/reason
