Creation Flashcards
What is the meaning of Sanctity of Life?
That all life is holy and sacred
What is the meaning of Transcendent?
That God is beyond and outside life and universe.
What does Stewardship mean?
That God expects humans to look after the world and take care of it on his behalf.
What does Omnipotent mean?
All powerful.
What are the three characteristics of God?
Omnipotent, Transcendent and Omniscient
What does omniscient mean?
That God is all knowing.
What are the 5 characteristics of humans?
Image dei, Dignity, Sanctity of life, free will and Stewardship.
What is Imago Dei?
It means the Image of God and christians believe that God made humans in his own likeness and image.
What does dignity mean?
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.
What does the Sanctity of Life mean?
Catholics believe that all creation is holy because it has been created and blessed by God.
What is Free Will?
It describes how God made the garden of Eden for Adam to live in.
What does Stewardship mean?
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.
What are the two different interpretations of Genesis?
Literal who are Fundamentalists and Non-literal who are Catholics.
What do Fundamentalists (literal) believe?
They believe that thr Bible is a factual record which describes events exactly as they happened.
What do Non-literals believe?
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.
What is Natural Law?
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.
Should catholics live according to Natural Law?
It is important to follow becasue it is part of gods will for humans and “humans are made in God’s image.”
What are the two parts of the Bible?
The Old testament and the New Testament.
What were the Prophets?
They were people who were inspired by God and they warned and guided people to remain faithful to God.
What are the Gospels?
They tell us of the actions and teachings of Jesus in the Gospels.
What are the Epistles?
They contain the writings of the apostles in the Epistles.
What are the genres of the Bible?
-Historical/Law Narrative
-Wisdom
-Poetry
What belief does Michelangelo’s Creation of Adam express?
The belief that god is omnipotent and omnibenevolent, and that god has created mankind along with the creation of the Earth.
What are some criticisms of Michelangelo’s Creation of Adam?
It shows God creating adam with a touch rather than a breath. Depicts everyone as white which is a racial steriotype.
What belief does the ‘Hand of God’ express?
That God is all powerful and all seeing as it depicts God from above creating light from a cloud which represents heaven.
What are some criticisms of the ‘Hand of God’?
Shows God making earth with his hand not his voice.
What is the Second Vatican Council?
-Meetings about that religion and science support each other.
What are the teachings of the second Vatican council.
-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.
Why do Catholics believe they should care for the environment?
-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.
What are some ways Catholics can care for the environment?
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.
What does sustainability mean.
Living in a way that respects the environment and its natural resources.
How does sustainability link to Catholic beliefs?
-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.
What is CAFOD and its work on sustainability?
-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.
What is the Magisterium?
-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.
