Love (Agape) As The Only Christian Ethical Principle Flashcards
1
Q
The principle of love is at the ? of all of Jesus’ teachings and actions and the New Testament is littered with ? quotes about love.
A
Root.
Prominent.
2
Q
“Love the Lord your God with all your ?…Love your neighbour as yourself” (? 12).
A
Heart.
Mark.
3
Q
“Love your enemies” (? 6).
A
Luke.
4
Q
“Love is ?, love is ?” (1 Corinthians 13).
A
Patient.
Kind.
5
Q
“Whoever doesn’t love doesn’t ? God, because God is love” (1 John 4).
A
Know.
6
Q
Reinhold Neibuhr wrote about prophetic and orthodox Christianity:
- Orthodox Christianity denies the relevance of ? in ordinary matters and tries to reduce moral behaviour to ? of tradition.
- Prophetic Christianity insists on the relevance of the ideal of ?
A
Life.
Conformity.
Love.
7
Q
Niebuhr wrote that the ? ? of life is love.
A
Ultimate law.
8
Q
For Rudolf Bultmann, the challenge of Christian moral behaviour is to move beyond laws and ? to forgiveness based on ?
A
Judgements.
Love.
