Christianity Quotes Flashcards
Romans 13:4
Peace and Conflict
“… if you do wrong, be afraid, for rulers do not bear the sword for no reason. They are God’s servants, agents of wrath to bring punishment on the wrongdoer.”
Luke 6:27
Peace and Conflict
“Love your enemies”
Proverbs 12:10
Animal Rights
“The righteous care for the needs of their animals”
Genesis 1:26
Environment and Stewardship
“rule over … all the wild animals”
Genesis 2:15
Environment and Stewardship
“God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to work it”
Christian Declaration of Nature
Environment and Stewardship
“Dominion cannot be understood as a license to abuse, spoil, squander or destroy what God has made.”
Pope Francis
Origins of the Universe
“Evolution in nature does not conflict with the notion of creation”
Genesis 1:27
Abortion and Euthanasia
“… created mankind in his own image”
Catechism of the Catholic Church
Abortion and Euthanasia
“An act or omission which … causes death in order to eliminate suffering constitutes a murder”
1 Peter 3:18
Afterlife
“He was put to death in the body but made alive in the spirit.”
Matthew 25:45
Religion and Law
“Whatever you did not do for one of the least of these, you did not do for me”
Mark 12:31
Crime
“Love your neighbour as yourself”
Acts 5:29
Crime
“We must obey God rather than human beings”
Genesis 9:6
Death Penalty
“Whoever sheds human blood, by humans shall their blood be shed.”
Matthew 18:22
Forgiveness
“not seven times, but seventy seven times”
Matthew 5:24
Forgiveness
“First go and be reconciled to them, then come and offer your gift”
Leveticus 24:20
Punishment
“eye for eye”
Matthew 5:39
Punishment
“turn … the other cheek”
John 8:7
Punishment
“Let any one of you who is without sin be the first to throw a stone at her”
Proverbs 13:24
Punishment
“Whoever spares the rod, hates their children”
Proverbs 31:9
Punishment
“Defend the rights of the poor and needy”
