Creation

Question 1

What is the meaning of Sanctity of Life?

Answer 1

That all life is holy and sacred

Question 2

What is the meaning of Transcendent?

Answer 2

That God is beyond and outside life and universe.

Question 3

What does Stewardship mean?

Answer 3

That God expects humans to look after the world and take care of it on his behalf.

Question 4

What does Omnipotent mean?

Answer 4

All powerful.

Question 5

What are the three characteristics of God?

Answer 5

Omnipotent, Transcendent and Omniscient

Question 6

What does omniscient mean?

Answer 6

That God is all knowing.

Question 7

What are the 5 characteristics of humans?

Answer 7

Image dei, Dignity, Sanctity of life, free will and Stewardship.

Question 8

What is Imago Dei?

Answer 8

It means the Image of God and christians believe that God made humans in his own likeness and image.

Question 9

What does dignity mean?

Answer 9

In Genesis 1 it says that God made humans “in his image” which means that all humans are equal and are worthy of honour and respect.

Question 10

What does the Sanctity of Life mean?

Answer 10

Catholics believe that all creation is holy because it has been created and blessed by God.

Question 11

What is Free Will?

Answer 11

It describes how God made the garden of Eden for Adam to live in.

Question 12

What does Stewardship mean?

Answer 12

That humans were given power and authority to rule over all other creatures and in Gensis 2, God puts Adam in the Garden of Eden to ‘till it and keep it’ which suggests we should look after the world with care and love.

Question 13

What are the two different interpretations of Genesis?

Answer 13

Literal who are Fundamentalists and Non-literal who are Catholics.

Question 14

What do Fundamentalists (literal) believe?

Answer 14

They believe that thr Bible is a factual record which describes events exactly as they happened.

Question 15

What do Non-literals believe?

Answer 15

The catholic church teaches that these creation stories are myths which means they are stories intended to convey deep spiritual meanings. And catholics believe creation stories are not meant to be scientific explanations of what happend.

Question 16

What is Natural Law?

Answer 16

The idea that humans are born with an understanding of what is right and wrong, following natural law is important as it is part of God’s will for humans, as they should not need rules to tell them what is right.

Question 17

Should catholics live according to Natural Law?

Answer 17

It is important to follow becasue it is part of gods will for humans and “humans are made in God’s image.”

Question 18

What are the two parts of the Bible?

Answer 18

The Old testament and the New Testament.

Question 19

What were the Prophets?

Answer 19

They were people who were inspired by God and they warned and guided people to remain faithful to God.

Question 20

What are the Gospels?

Answer 20

They tell us of the actions and teachings of Jesus in the Gospels.

Question 21

What are the Epistles?

Answer 21

They contain the writings of the apostles in the Epistles.

Question 22

What are the genres of the Bible?

Answer 22

-Historical/Law Narrative
-Wisdom
-Poetry

Question 23

What belief does Michelangelo’s Creation of Adam express?

Answer 23

The belief that god is omnipotent and omnibenevolent, and that god has created mankind along with the creation of the Earth.

Question 24

What are some criticisms of Michelangelo’s Creation of Adam?

Answer 24

It shows God creating adam with a touch rather than a breath. Depicts everyone as white which is a racial steriotype.

Question 25

What belief does the ‘Hand of God’ express?

Answer 25

That God is all powerful and all seeing as it depicts God from above creating light from a cloud which represents heaven.

Question 26

What are some criticisms of the ‘Hand of God’?

Answer 26

Shows God making earth with his hand not his voice.

Question 27

What is the Second Vatican Council?

Answer 27

-Meetings about that religion and science support each other.

Question 28

What are the teachings of the second Vatican council.

Answer 28

-Religion and science do not have to contradict eachother, as if the Genesis creation stories are read as myths rather than literal than it does not contradict the theory of evolution.
-Catholic church is supportive of advances on science that help people to understand God’s creation as it was a Priest who first proposed the Big Bang Theory.

Question 29

Why do Catholics believe they should care for the environment?

Answer 29

-Show their love by taking care of the world God created.
-In Genesis 1 God made humans stewards so humans have the responsibility to look after the earth.

Question 30

What are some ways Catholics can care for the environment?

Answer 30

Local-Take part in environmental projects.
National-Put pressure on Politicians to support laws that protect the environment.
Global-Help to expose companies that threaten the environment.

Question 31

What does sustainability mean.

Answer 31

Living in a way that respects the environment and its natural resources.

Question 32

How does sustainability link to Catholic beliefs?

Answer 32

-That God made every part of creation good, do all of creation is important and valuable.
-Promoting sustainable living helps to respect the goodness of all of God’s creation.

Question 33

What is CAFOD and its work on sustainability?

Answer 33

-It aims to help people living in poverty, in order to create a blanced world.
-They support projects that use renewable energy and they help farmers to adopt sustainable and effective farming methods.

Question 34

What is the Magisterium?

Answer 34

-The Pope and bishops and they have the authority to shape and confirm the church’s teachings.
-Their role is to guide the people of God and to correctly interpret the meanig of the Bible and to be guided by the holy spirit.