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Lesson 8: Call to Respect the Environment Flashcards

1
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For ____________, God created a completely good world. Creation is not only good but ordered and hierarchical.

A

Augustine

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_____________ can also say, “All natures, then, inasmuch as they are, and have therefore a rank and species of their own, and a kind of internal harmony, are certainly good. And when they are in the places assigned to them by the order of their nature, they preserve such beings as they have received.”

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Augustine

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Augustine writes: “With respect to their own _________. The creatures are glorifying to their ___________.”

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nature, Artificer

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4
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Creation is marked by…

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“measure” (mensura)
“number” (numero)
“weight” (pondus or ordo).

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5
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____________ contends that creation is ultimately a necessity,
Augustine attributes the reality and act of creation solely to the will of God.

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Plotinus

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Augustine differs from _______________________.

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Plotinus and the Neo-Platonists

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This privilege is granted to them by the Creator who allows the creature made in his image to participate in his work, in his project of love and salvation, indeed in his own lordship over the universe.

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TRUE OR FALSE

For Augustine, God creates because he wants to, and out of goodness, not because the creative act is somehow a necessity.

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TRUE

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This notion of _______________ allows Augustine to affirm that God truly is unchangeable.

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creation out of nothing

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TRUE OR FALSE

For Augustine, it is not a changeless and timeless God who creates out of nothing.

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FALSE

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9
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Created in the image of God to share in the communion of
Trinitarian love, human beings occupy a unique place in the
universe according to the divine plan

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Stewardship

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They enjoy the privilege of sharing in the divine governance of visible creation.

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Stewardship

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Since man’s place as ruler is in fact a participation in the divine governance of creation, we speak of it here as a form of…

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Stewardship

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12
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God appoints _______ as his steward in the manner of the _______ in the Gospel parables.

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man, master

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TRUE OR FALSE

“Man was created in God’s image and was commanded to conquer the earth and to rule the world in justice and holiness: he was to acknowledge God as maker of all things and relate himself and the totality of creation to him, so that through the dominion of all things by man the name of God would be majestic in all the earth”

A

TRUE

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TRUE OR FALSE

The only creature willed expressly by God for his own sake occupies a unique place at the summit of visible creation.

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TRUE

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Created in the image of God, ______ exercises this sovereignty over visible creation only in virtue of the privilege conferred upon him by God.

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man

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TRUE OR FALSE

In exercising their stewardship of knowledge, theologians have the responsibility to locate modern scientific understandings within a Christian vision of the created universe.

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TRUE

15
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He imitates the divine rule, but he cannot displace it.

A

man

15
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Pope Francis recognizes that pollution affects everyone, whether it is caused by transportation, industrial fumes, fertilizers, insecticides, herbicides, etc.

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Pollution and Climate Change

16
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In regard to climate change, he says, “Humanity is called to recognize a need for a change of lifestyle, production and consumption in order to combat this warming or at least the human causes which produce or aggravate it.”

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Pollution and Climate Change

17
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Global warming has grave implications be it environmental, social, economic, political or related to the distribution of goods.

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Pollution and Climate Change

18
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For Pope Francis, fresh drinking water is an issue of primary importance.

A
18
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Is of particular concern as a result of industrial, agricultural and mining impacts.

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Underground water

19
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TRUE OR FALSE

The quality of water available for the poor is not a problem.

A

FALSE

One serious problem is the quality of water available for
the poor.

20
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The earth’s resources are plundered because of short-sighted approaches to the economy, commerce and production.

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Loss of Biodiversity

21
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To lose all or part of such a complex system be it plants or animals and the extinction of diverse species or the destroying of the “lungs” of our planet with the loss of our Amazon or Congo jungles is to create not only a loss of beauty but also a harmful imbalance in the equilibrium of our planet.

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Loss of Biodiversity

22
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When looking at the environment, we cannot neglect human beings as creatures deserving to enjoy the right to life and happiness.

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Decline in the quality of human life and the breakdown of society

23
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Pope Francis says, “We are not meant to be inundated with cement, asphalt, glass and metal and deprived of physical contact with nature.”

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Decline in the quality of human life and the breakdown of society

24
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The unruly growth of cities, social exclusion, drug trafficking and violence, the breakdown of society, excessive and wasteful use of energy, both visual and noise pollution and a throwaway culture are signs that growth in the past two centuries has not always led to an overall improvement in the quality of life.

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Decline in the quality of human life and the breakdown of society

24
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In Pope Francis’ holistic view, we cannot combat
environmental degradation unless we also attend to the causes related to human and social degradation.

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Global inequality

25
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For the pope, the “human environment” and “natural environment” deteriorate or thrive together.

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Global inequality

25
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Most of the worst effects on the environment affect the poor most directly.

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Global inequality

26
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___________ affects not only individuals but also countries, creating an “___________” whereby wealthier countries prosper while poorer ones get poorer, not only economically but environmentally as well through the plunder of human and natural resources.

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Inequality, ecological debt

27
Q

LAUDATO SI means…

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Praise be to you

28
Q

An encyclical letter of the Holy Father, Pope Francis, on care for our common home.

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LAUDATO SI

29
Q

LAUDATO SI was written on the _______________ with hope for the care of our environment and for the poor.

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24th of May 2015

30
Q

This education, aimed at creating an “________________,” is at times limited to providing information, and fails to instill good habits.

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ecological citizenship

31
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TRUE OR FALSE

Only by cultivating sound virtues will people be able to make a selfless ecological commitment.

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TRUE

32
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This can encourage ways of acting which directly and significantly affect the world around us, such as avoiding the use of plastic and paper, reducing water consumption, separating refuse, cooking only what can reasonably be consumed, showing care for other living beings, using public transport or car-pooling, planting trees, turning off unnecessary lights, or any number of other practices.

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Education in environmental responsibility

33
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TRUE OR FALSE

Recycling something instead of immediately discarding it, when done for the right reasons, can be an act of love which expresses our own dignity.

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FALSE

Reusing something instead of immediately discarding it, when done for the right reasons, can be an act of love which expresses our own dignity.

34
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Creation is not only good but _________ and _____________.

A

ordered and hierarchical

34
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TRUE OR FALSE

God created a completely good world.

A

TRUE

CHF 4th Quarter (4 decks)

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