Life and Death Flashcards
What is Magisterium?
- Teacher in Latin
- Refers to the teaching roles of the bishops and pope
What does the Magisterium do?
ISAA
What does ISAA stand for?
The magisterium…
- INTERPRETS the Bible
- It SAFEGUARDS the church’s teaching
- It has AUTHORITY to make decisions about faith
- It ADDRESSES issues not in the Bible such as same sex marriages
What are the different types of Magisteriums?
- Ordinary
- Extraordinary
- Conciliar
- Pontifical
What does the ordinary magisterium do?
- Reinforces the everyday teaching of the Church
- E.G. Bishops preach HOMILIES, Pope writes letters (ENCYCLICALS)
What is an example of Ordinary magisterium?
Evangelium Vitae
Who wrote Evangelium Vitae?
Pope John II
What is Evangelium Vitae about?
- It is to teach Catholics about the value of human life
- It unpacks belief in the sanctity of life and how this links to topics such as euthanasia and contraception
- Church against euthanasia (killing is wrong)
– MUFC ML (about euthanasia and suicide)
– SEEK PALLIATIVE CARE
What does Pope John Paul II say in Evangelium Vitae?
MUFC ML
What does MUFC ML stand for?
Euthanasia is morally unacceptable for its contrary to moral law
What is Extraordinary magisterium?
It comes in two types
- conciliar
- pontifical
What is Conciliar magisterium?
- The Pope calls bishops to debate and discuss new issues
What are the four key documents produced by the second Vatican council?
- Gaudium et Spes
- Lumen Gentium
- Sacrosanctum Concillium
- Dei Verbum
What is Gaudium et Spes about?
- Means Joys and Hopes
- It has aimed to involve social justice in the church
What is Lumen Gentium about?
- Means Light to the nations
- We are all priests
- We should spread the Word of God
What is Sacrosanctum Concillium about?
- Means The Sacred Council
- It reinforced the importance of mass
- All mass is now said in the home language and the priest is now facing the congregation
What is dei verbum about?
- means Word of God
- we must interpret the Bible when reading it
- Scripture study now takes place at church
What do Catholics believe about death?
- death is not the end
- Those who believe in God will have eternal life
- Jesus DD,PP,LOG,SSS,HH
What does it say in the Bible about death?
- 1 Corinthians
- ‘we will not sleep, but we will be changed..’
What doe Catholics do when preparing for death?
- They make peace with family
- They make arrangements for wills
- They discuss their own funeral
- Take the Sacrament of the Sick
- seek palliative care or go to a hospice
What is the sacrament of the sick?
- they receive forgiveness (Absolution)
- they receive communion for the journey (viaticum)
What is palliative care?
- Symptom management given to a person who is terminally ill
- It aims to control pain
- It offers people dignity and better quality of life
What are the Catholic opinion of palliative care?
- encourages palliative care
- Evangelium Vitae = palliative care is appropriate ‘to make suffering more bearable.’
- Catholics reject assisted suicide and euthanasia -
- ‘morally unacceptable killing of a human person.’ - Suicide is ‘contrary to moral law.’
- All life sacred and holy – gift from God
- Ten Commandments – ‘do not murder.’
- suffering helps a person to identify with the suffering of Jesus –Salvific Doloris
What are the Catholic opinion of palliative care?
- encourages palliative care
- Evangelium Vitae = palliative care is appropriate ‘to make suffering more bearable.’
- Catholics reject assisted suicide and euthanasia -
- ‘morally unacceptable killing of a human person.’ - Suicide is ‘contrary to moral law.’
- All life sacred and holy – gift from God
- Ten Commandments – ‘do not murder.’
- suffering helps a person to identify with the suffering of Jesus –Salvific Doloris
What is the the argument for Catholics of quality in quality v sanctity?
- They believe in sanctity of life
- Catherine of Siena
- ## God ends life and we dont dont have the right to euthanasia
What is the atheist views on death?
– once the brain stops, we stop.
- British Humanist Society – we only live once so life is not a dress rehearsal
- They believe that belief in life after death is just to help people deal with the unknown
What is the atheist views on resurrection?
- They argue that Jesus may have swooned (known as swoon theory) on the cross – gone into a coma – once in the tomb he recovered and therefore he did not resurrect
- Another theory – Jesus’ body was stolen from the tomb
What do atheist believes about spirits?
- believe in the spirit world
– ghosts, backed up by stories from mediums - Some believe that people have lived before – this is backed up by those who can remember a previous life – James Linegar who can remember his previous life as a WW2 fighter pilot
What are the views on near death experiences?
They are quite common too – people physically die but have an out of body experience where they might see the after life (heaven, dead relatives, God)
What is the Paschal Candle?
- It is a tall candle
- lit at Easter and baptisms and funerals