Good Conduct and Key Moral Principles: Key Words

Question 1

Denomination

Answer 1

A recognised branch of the Christian Church

Question 2

Dominion

Answer 2

Power/Power over

Question 3

Double Predestination

Answer 3

God predestines some to the Kingdom through his grace but leaves others immersed in their sin to be condemned to hell.

Question 4

Eco-Theology

Answer 4

Approach to environmental issues focusing on establishing the correct relationship between religion and nature and stems from the perception that our current environmental problems are due in large part to religious misunderstanding.

Question 5

Eschatological

Answer 5

Judgement Day

Question 6

Foreknowledge

Answer 6

Doctrine that an all-knowing God knows the entire future, so knows from eternity who will accept the gift of grace and who will reject it.

Question 7

Grace

Answer 7

God’s grace is seen as the free gift of mercy to sinful humanity.

Question 8

Intrinsic Value

Answer 8

Has value for its own sake

Question 9

Ius ad Bellum

Answer 9

Latin for laws/conditions under which it is legitimate to go to war.

Question 10

Ius ad Bello

Answer 10

Latin for the rules under which war must be fought once begun.

Question 11

Justification

Answer 11

Christians are counted as righteous before God on the basis of faith or by works, or both.

Question 12

Predestination

Answer 12

All events have been willed by God for eternity, specifically the fate of the righteous and of the damned.

Question 13

Sanctity

Answer 13

Holy/sacred to God

Question 14

Sanctity of Life principle

Answer 14

Based on the concepts of 1) Being made in God’s image and 2) having (uniquely) a soul, that human life is sacred to God.

Question 15

Sola Fide

Answer 15

Faith Alone

Question 16

Stewardship

Answer 16

‘Dominion’ over the environment should be understood as responsible human care for it, on the understanding that humans are answerable to God for their treatment of the environment.