good and evil

Question 2

What is the difference between Moral and Natural evil?

Answer 2

Moral evil is suffering caused by humans misusing free will. Natural evil is suffering which caused by other things.

Question 3

What is original sin?

Answer 3

sin which all humans are born with as a result of a broken relationship with God. His is seen as the cause of suffering.

Question 4

What did St Augustine say about evil?

Answer 4

Augustine says evil is a ‘privation’ (an absence of good). This absence appeared when Adam and Eve misused their free will.

Question 5

What did John Hick say about evil?

Answer 5

John Hick says God made the world imperfect so that human could learn how to be good and loving.

Question 6

What Old Testament story do Christians use when talking about sin and evil?

Answer 6

he story of Adam and Eve when they ate from the tree of Knowledge.

Question 7

What is the problem with evil if you believe in God?

Answer 7

if God is omni-benevolent, omniscient and omnipotent then it doesn’t seem possible for God to allow suffering. This is sometimes called the inconsistent triad.

Question 8

Give three ways in which Catholics might respond to the problem of evil.

Answer 8

1) Evil and suffering are a result of free will. God has decided to give us free will because God loves us.
2) Those who suffer will be rewarded in heaven and so Catholics know the suffering will pass.
3) Suffering tests our faith. We must simply trust God.

Question 9

What is the Incarnation?

Answer 9

god made flesh in the form of Jesus. Christians believe Jesus is fully human and fully God.

Question 10

Why do Christians believe in the incarnation? (give three sources)

Answer 10

1) In John’s Gospel it says that the the word was made flesh.
2) St Paul says Jesus was God but he gave up his power out of love for us.
3) In the letter to the Hebrews it says that God became just a we are.

Question 11

What does it mean to say that Jesus is a source of authority?

Answer 11

Christians put their trust in Jesus and see him as a guide to living as he is believed to fully God as well as fully human.

Question 12

Name two beatitudes

Answer 12

Two beatitudes that Jesus gave us (in Matthews Gospel) are
1) Blessed are those who mourn for they will be comforted
2) Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled with good things.

Question 13

12) What did Jesus say about Jewish law on murder and revenge?

Answer 13

Jesus said – ‘it says in the law do not murder, but I say do not even get angry.’
Jesus also said it says in the law an eye for an eye but I say love your enemies.

Question 14

13) What is the Golden Rule?

Answer 14

Jesus said treat others as you would like to be treated.

Question 15

14) What is the greatest commandment?

Answer 15

The greatest commandment is o Love God and love your neighbour with all you heart, your mind and your soul.

Question 16

15) What did Jesus say about hypocrisy?

Answer 16

Hypocrisy is judging others differently to how you might judge yourself. Jesus said take the plank out of your own eye before removing the speck out of your brother’s eye.

Question 17

16) Why do Christians say Jesus died?

Answer 17

Christians believe Jesus’ death was the ultimate sacrifice to save us from sin. To heal our relationship with God.

Question 18

17) What did St Pope John Paul II say about Jesus’ suffering?

Answer 18

St John Paul says that Jesus’ suffering helps us understand our own suffering and helps us grow closer to God.

Question 19

18) What is a pilgrimage?

Answer 19

Pilgrimages are a journey taken to a holy place. It is a popular Catholic devotion which helps them grow closer to God.

Question 20

19) Give three reasons why Christians go on Pilgrimage

Answer 20

1)To pray for themselves and others’
2) To renew their spiritual journey to God.
3) To visit a site connected to the life of Jesus or a saint for inspiration and hope.

Question 21

20) Name one place of Christian pilgrimage

Answer 21

Lourdes is a famous place of Catholic Christian pilgrimage. Lourdes is in France.

Question 22

21) What do Christians do at this place?

Answer 22

They pray and go to the sacrament of reconciliation.
They wash in the baths of Lourdes water.
They light candles as a symbol of prayer.

Question 23

22) What is the Rosary?

Answer 23

The rosary is a meditation prayer used by Catholics to meditate on the life of Jesus through the eyes of Mary. The prayer consists of repeating the hail Mary 10 times for each particular time in the life of Mary and Jesus eg His death.

Question 24

23) How might praying the rosary help someone who is suffering?

Answer 24

The rosary helps those who suffer because it unite the person praying with Mary and Jesus

Question 25

24) What is the Pieta?

Answer 25

The Pieta is a statue created by Michelangelo of The dead Jesus in the arms of Mary.

Question 26

25) How might the Pieta help people who are suffering?

Answer 26

On the statue Jesus is at peace – this shows that suffering always ends. It also shows Mary’s love for Jesus which means love conquers suffering.
It also invites us to be part of suffering – Mary’s hand is outstretched

Question 27

26) Where do Christians get their moral rules from? (4 answers)

Answer 27

Christians get their moral rules from;
1) The bible
2)Natural law
3) our own conscience
4) The virtues given to us by God (Faith hope and Charity)

Question 28

27) What did St Thomas Aquinas say about ‘Natural law’?

Answer 28

To follow natural law (the right way of living) we have to accept five primary rules
To preserve life
To Have children
To educate and bring up children responsibly
To live peacefully
To worship God.

Question 29

28) What did Cardinal Newman say about conscience?

Answer 29

Cardinal Newman said conscience is a personal voice from God

Question 30

29) What is a virtue?

Answer 30

St Paul says virtues are gift from God which we can use to live a good and happy life

Question 31

30) What do Catholics believe the Trinity is?

Answer 31

The Catholic Christian belief that there are three persons in one God – The father, the son and the Holy Spirit.

Question 32

31) What does the Bible say about the Trinity?

Answer 32

Evidence for the trinity is found in Marks gospel – the baptism of Jesus, In Matthews gospel when Jesus asks his disciples to go and baptize in the name of the father, the son and the holy Spirit, and when St Paul mentions the Holy spirit as being one with God.

Question 33

32) What does the Nicene Creed say about the Trinity?

Answer 33

It says ‘
I believe in one God, I believe in the Holy spirit who proceeds from the father and the son, and with the father and the son is adored and glorified.

Question 34

33) What does St Augustine say about the Trinity?

Answer 34

He said the God t father is love, the son is the beloved and the Holy spirit is the lover. They are all one because they are all love.

Question 35

34) How does belief in the Trinity help people who suffer?

Answer 35

It shows Christians that God is loving and that God is with us through the spirit and that God has suffered in the way we suffer through Jesus. It reminds us that the answer to suffering is always love