Christianity Quotes

Question 1

QUOTE: Contribution of Pope to modern living

Answer 1

“Open the windows.”

Question 2

QUOTE: Pope brought new openness to ecumenism

Answer 2

“Let us place values on those things that unite us and lay aside that which separates us.”

Question 3

QUOTES: Mother and Teacher

Answer 3

“Man’s aim must be to achieve in social justice a national and international judicial order.”

“The nations of this world are becoming more and more dependent on one another and it will not be possible to preserve a lasting peace so long as glaring economic and social imbalances persist.”

Question 4

QUOTES: Peace on Earth

Answer 4

“The same law of nature that governs the life and conduct of all individuals, must also regulate the relations of political communities with one another.”

“The stockpiles of armaments which have been built up in various countries must be reduced all round and simultaneously by the parties concerned. Nuclear weapons must be banned.”

Question 5

QUOTE: Renewal of Church; spoke of hopes to promote

Answer 5

“Unity in the Church, unity with Christians separated from the Church, and unity with all of humankind.”

Question 6

QUOTE: Vatican II Council Constitutions: Liturgy

Answer 6

“Full conscious and active participation of the people in the celebration of the liturgy”

Question 7

QUOTE: Vatican II Council Constitutions: The Church

Answer 7

“The baptised, by regeneration and the anointing of the Holy Spirit, are consecrated as a spiritual house and a holy priesthood.”

Question 8

QUOTE: Vatican II Council Constitutions: Divine Revelation

Answer 8

“Ignorance of the Scriptures is ignorance of Christ.”

Question 9

QUOTE: Vatican II Council Constitutions: The Church in the Modern World

Answer 9

The Church; “stands in solidarity with humankind.”

Question 10

QUOTE: Laity now allowed to do things

Answer 10

“Easy access to Sacred Scripture should be provided for all the Christian faithful.” VATICAN II DOC

Question 11

QUOTE: Unity great importance and aim of council

Answer 11

“The restoration of unity among all Christians is one of the principal concerns of the Second Vatican Council.”( VATICAN COUNCIL DOCUMENT)

Question 12

Definition of Bioethics

Answer 12

The study of ethical and moral implications of new discoveries and biomedical advances in fields.

Question 13

Bioethics sources

Answer 13

• Have foundations in the Bible, Ten Commandments, The Beatitudes, Commandment of love
• Guided by the Bible→ formulate Christian understanding of living according to God’s word.
• To live in modern world→ have to address problems of life arisen from everyday life.

Question 14

Abortion

Answer 14

• Killing or ending of a foetus by artificial means during pregnancy
• Legal in some states but poses problem for Christians
  Catholic; Abortion is wrong as it goes against 6th commandment; “Thou shalt not kill.” All life is sacred and must be treated with dignity as humans are made in God’s image (Gen 1: 26)
• Then God said, “Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness, (Gen 1:26)
• Humanae Vitae 13→ “Human life is sacred.” → Goes against teachings of the Church
• Pope Benedict XVI→ “Children are the family’s greatest treasure…everyone must be helped to become aware of the intrinsic evil of the crime of abortion.”
• Catholic ethics based on natural law→ God set up world and it is wrong for humans to interfere with what is meant to be; abortions are wrong as they prevent new life
• Anglican (protestant variant) → permits abortion in cases of rape, deformity of the foetus and where they may be a mental or physical risk to the mother (not advocated but accepted)
• Orthodox→ equal to murder but allowed if mother’s life is in danger or rape (perceived as not morally righteous decision and person making decision must repent)