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Origins and Meaning Flashcards

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What did St Augustine say about the origin of the universe?

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  • Wrote confessions
  • God created the earth from nothing “creation ex nihilo”
  • God is good and greater than all creation
  • ECT
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What does ECT stand for?

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Eternal Creator Transcendent

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What do catholics believe about the origin of the universe?

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  • SIMM

- Accept science and the big bang theory or evolution

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What do fundamentalists say about the origin of the universe?

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  • LICE6

- Reject science and big bang theory or evolution

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What do Non-catholics believe about the big bang theory?

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  • Scientific explanation of the creation of the universe
  • Started 13.7 billions years ago at a single point and exploded and still expanding today
  • Stephen Hawking denied that God existed
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What does SIMM stand for?

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The creationism story is…

  • symbolic
  • it should be interpreted
  • it is a myth
  • and it is the message behind it that counts
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What does LICE 6 stand for?

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The creationism story is…

  • Literally true
  • it is the inspired word of God
  • creationism story is literally true
  • Eve was really created from Adam’s ribs
  • It did take 6 days to create the universe
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What do Catholics believe about all life?

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They believe all life is sacred. This known as the sanctity of life

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What do Catholics mean by imago dei?

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We are all made in the image of God and that we have dignity and value.

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What book did Catherine of Siena write about imago dei?

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The Divine Dialogue of Providence

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What did Catherine of Siena write about in the Divine Dialogue of Providence?

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  • It was about a conversation between her soul and God in the mirror
  • She says we look in the mirror and see our imperfections and in theory we should see that we are perfect
  • “we are all made in the image of God”
  • COLDS
  • Life is a gift from God
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What does COLDS stand for?

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All humans have…

  • God’s CONSCIENCE
  • God’s ORIGIN
  • God’s LOVE
  • God’s DIGNITY
  • God’s SANCTITY
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What is the Catholics views towards sanctity and abortion?

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  • Abortion is always wrong
  • PERR
  • CHART
  • Principle of Double - The mother cant take medication that will harm the foetus
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What is the other Christians views towards sanctity and abortion?

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  • all life is sacred
  • but abortion is the lesser of two evils in some cases such as rape
  • encourage better sex ed
  • encourage adoption
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What does CHART stand for?

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  • life begins at CONCEPTION
  • life is HOLY
  • ADOPTION is preferred
  • everyone has the RIGHT to life
  • the TEN COMMANDMENTS say do not kill
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What does PERR stand for?

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  • catholics must PRESEVE LIFE
  • all life is EQUALLY VALUABLE
  • unborn children have RIGHTS
  • the mother has RESPONSIBILITIES
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What did Stephen Hawking say about the BBT?

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  • He said “Because there is a law such as gravity, the universe can and will create itself from nothing”
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What are the jewish beliefs about the sanctity of life?

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  • God gives and take life
  • In Psalms 139 and Jeremiah = God knew us before birth in the womb
  • imago dei
  • Ten Commandments = Do not kill
  • Pikuach Nefesh - Break mitzvots to save lives
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What are the humanist views toward the sanctity of life?

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  • Reject God
  • relative attitude to life
  • life is not sacred
  • pro abortion
  • quality is more important
  • focus on eliminating suffering
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What are Peter Singer’s views towards the sanctity of life?

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  • All life has value but not equal value
  • personhood isn’t absolute
  • embryos are non-person
  • disagrees with speciesism
  • a conscious do has more value than an embryo, disable person or someone with dementia
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How do Catholics respond to the humanist views on the sanctity of life?

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  • all life has equal value and dignity
  • personhood is absolute
  • suffering is all apart of God’s plan
  • Suffering helps us share in Jesus’ suffering
  • Suffering does not reduce a persons value
  • life is sacred regardless the quality
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How do Catholics respond to Peter Singer’s views on the sanctity of life?

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  • Catholics have more value that animals (Genesis)
  • Humans dominion over the land and animals
  • imago dei
  • good stewards and look after the earth
  • agree with speciesism
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What are Darwin’s views on evolution?

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  • life came as a random process called evolution
  • he says it is natural selection and survival of the fittest
  • a powerful and loving God wouldn’t create a parasitic wasp
  • there is evidence of evolution through fossils and DNA science
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What are Dawkins views on evolution?

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  • Atheist
  • Our bodies are survival machines
  • Humans carry DNA and no soul
  • Humans are genetic mutations = advanced humans
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What are the catholic views towards evolution?

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  • Genesis is SIMM
  • they aren’t expected to believe the universe was created in 6 days
  • They should think why they are here and how they got here
  • science helps Catholics understand the bible
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What does Pope John Paul II write to spread his views on evolution?

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Pontifical Academy of Sciences

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What are Pope John Paul II views on evolution?

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  • ‘there should be no conflict between evolution and the doctrine of faith’
  • evolution is how God created humans
  • humans are sacred and all apart of God’s loving plan
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What are the fundamentalists views on evolution?

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  • LICE 6
  • Science that contradicts the Bible is wrong
  • Plants and animals were created complete at time of creation and didn’t undergo evolution
  • humans life was last created
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What does the catholic church preach about the Bible?

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  • A text inspired by God
  • “All scripture is the inspire word of God” - St Paul to Timothy
  • But they believe that humans wrote the bible and were limited in their understanding
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What did St Paul say to Timothy about the Bible?

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All scripture in the Bible is the inspired word of God

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How do Catholics interpret literary forms?

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  • SIMM
  • The message is that God is ETC
  • Accept science
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How Fundamentalists interpret literary forms?

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  • LICE 6

- reject science

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What is the Tree of Life Apse?

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A semi-circular mosaic dome above altar

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Why was the Tree of Life symbolic to Catholics in 12th century?

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Because people could read or write. This helped Catholics understand the story of Christ

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What are the 5 key feature of the Tree of Life?

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  • Alpha and Omega
  • Chi Rho
  • The lamb
  • Four Evangelists
  • Doves
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What is the importance of the Alpha and Omega in the Tree of Life?

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  • The first and last letters of the Greek alphabet
  • God of himself as the beginning and the ending
  • Jesus is God incarnate
  • Jesus is eternal
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What is the importance of the Chi Rho in the Tree of Life?

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  • First two letters of Christ in Greek
  • The first Christian cross
  • ancient symbol of the resurrection
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What does it say in Genesis 1 about God being eternal/transcendent?

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‘In the beginning God created’ .. Nothing before God, God is above and beyond

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What does it say in Genesis 1 about God being creator/omnipotent?

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‘Let there be light ..’ God is so powerful He speaks creation into existence

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What does it say in Genesis 1 about God being omnibenevolent?

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‘God saw that it was good’ he also loved the world into being.

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What does it say in Genesis 2 about God being immanent?

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God is on earth with us – ‘God formed from the dirt .. Blew into his nostrils the breath of life..’

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What does it say in Genesis 2 about God being creator/omnibenevolent who loved and cared for humans?

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God planted the garden of Eden and made a companion for Adam because he was lonely

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What does it say about the sanctity of life in Genesis?

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  • Man is sacred and holy - man is created at the end of Genesis 1 and this shows that man is the HIGH POINT OF CREATION.
  • Genesis 2 God personally creates Adam and Eve
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What does it say about the image of God in Genesis?

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In both accounts God created man in his image - ‘So God created mankind in his own image’ Gen 1 and 2

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What does it say about stewards in Genesis?

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  • Man is given responsibility to care for creation
  • Genesis 1 man is given DOMINION - to rule over creation.
  • Genesis 2 Adam is put in the garden to ‘care and cultivate it’
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What is the Catholic Social Teaching?

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The group of principles the Church formed to deal with issues of social justice

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What is the centre of CST?

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  • All humans are made in the image and likeness of God
  • Love your neighbour
  • duty to care for everyone
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What are the CST teachings?

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  • anything that threatens to destroy human life, like war, abortion or euthanasia are wrong.
  • Fight against discrimination, slavery, fight for equality, human rights, humane life conditions
  • injustice are also seen as attacks on human life and should be ‘eradicated’
  • ‘firm determination to respect other men..
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What does it say in Gaudium et Spes 29?

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injustice are also seen as attacks on human life and should be ‘eradicated’

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What does it say in Gaudium et Spes 78?

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‘`firm determination to respect other men..’

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What do Catholics do due to the CST?

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  • Fight for justice
  • Join charities e.g. CAFOD and Caritas
  • Sponsor a refugee family
  • Seek peace
  • Seek reconciliation
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What does revelation mean?

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God used specific people at a certain time and place in history to REVEAL his story. God revealed messages about himself through his actions and the actions/words of the prophets

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What does inspiration mean?

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the Bible is the INSPIRED word of God – ‘all scripture is inspired by God ’ St Paul to Timothy. The Bible writers were inspired by the Holy Spirit to write the word of God

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Describe the origin of the Bible.

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  • ORAL TRADITION led to written SCRIPTURE about
  • it took 350 years for the Bible to be accepted as Catholic CANON (COLLECTION) in AD 382
  • Synod of Hippo decided which texts to be included
  • Revelation and inspiration mean that the Bible has authority for Catholics as God’s word
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What is the structure of the bible?

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There is the old testament and the new testament

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What does the old testament show?

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God’s promises to the Jewish people – to Israel and the Old Covenant with Abraham and Moses.

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What does the new testament show?

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God sent his Son for the world – NEW COVENANT - to secure our salvation

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What are the literary forms?

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Old Testament Laws – first five books of the Bible, God taught them how to live
History – books such as Joshua and Judges, God guided his people
Prophets – Isaiah, God sent inspired figures to help Jews to stay faithful
New Testament – the life and teachings of Jesus
Gospels – Matthew, Mark, Luke and John – God teaches us the ‘good news’ of how to live the life Jesus wants us to live
Acts of Apostles – tells the story of the Early Church after Jesus’ resurrection
Letters – mainly from Paul – give advice on how to put Jesus’ teachings into practice

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What is the way to remember the literary forms?

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HOPLAG

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What does it say in genesis about God’s creations?

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  • In Genesis 1 man is given DOMINION over creation – this tells us that humans are superior to the rest of creation
  • Genesis 2 man given the job of tending to creation - given role of STEWARDS (duty to care)
  • Genesis 2 ‘cultivate and care it’
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What Catholics believe about caring for the environment?

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  • God has gifted creation to humans for us to be caretakers for future generations
  • We should also care for it to protect human life – made imago Dei
  • Also, taught goods of the planet are for everyone – 7th Commandment ‘do not steal’ from future generations
  • The Church promotes SUSTAINABLE living - recycle, reduce consumption, use renewable energy
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What letter does Pope Francis write about the environment?

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Laudato Si

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What is Laudato Si about?

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a letter about caring for ‘our common home, which has turned into a ‘pile of filth.’

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What is the flaw to the teachings of the church about stewardship?

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  • Humans are told to flourish and multiply – ‘go forth and multiply.’ Genesis
  • DISAGREE WITH CONTRACEPTION = THIS IS A PROBLEM AS IT CONTRIBUTES TO OVERPOPULATION
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What do both humanists and catholics believe about stewardship?

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  • FLISS
  • Humanists and Catholics AGREE we should be stewards, care for planet, not damage the earth and we should be happy and flourish
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What does FLISS stand for?

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Free to safeguard the future – The planet needs out love – We have the intelligence to use science to create a sustainable future

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What ONLY humanists believe about stewardship?

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  • Not commanded to care for creation by God, but because they are concerned
  • We only get one life – we are damaging the lives now and future
  • We should work for a SUSTAINABLE world based on ethical reason not faith
  • DISAGREE with Catholics ‘multiplying’ – Humanists support the use of contraception to prevent over-population, so everyone has enough
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What does Stephen Hawking’s say about the BBT?

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  • SEE

- He doubted a need for a creator

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What does SEE stand for? (BBT)

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All matter is concentrated into a SINGLE point = massive explosion = 13.7 billion years ago, universe still expanding.

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What did Fr. Le Maitre say about BBT?

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  • He was the one who identified the BBT as a single point
  • the BBT doesn’t disprove God
  • ELC
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What does ELC stand for?

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  • Big Bang had to be at EXACT MILLISECOND to create the universe so perfectly
  • Scientific LAWS LIKE GRAVITY have always existed – God must have created them
  • CREATION STORY FITS with the Big Bang account – ‘let there be light’ could be the explosion
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What does Pope Francis say about the BBT?

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  • God is not a ‘magician, with a magic wand..’ and

- the BBT does not contradict the need for God – but the BBT depends on God to start the process..

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What does the cross in the tree of life represent?

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  • The cross is a crucifixion scene

- Jesus with Mary and John and God’s hand offering a wreath of victory to Christ (conquered death)

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What does the base of the cross in Tree of Life represent?

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It is the Tree of Life ‘healing the nations’

- Revelation – Christ is sacrificed on the cross to take away our sins

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What is the significance of the vines on the Tree of Life?

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Jesus said ‘I am the vine, you are the branches..’ Jesus is the tree of life. DD,PP,LOG,SS,HH

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Describe how Michelangelo’s Creation of Adam expresses Catholic beliefs about creation?

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  • ‘In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth’.. Genesis 1
  • Nothing existed before God created it. Augustine
  • Creation is good – God said it was good. TBC R TBC - CCC
  • Adam is seen relaxing back on the perfect world created by God.
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How does Michelangelo’s Creation of Adam show God is the creator?

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God leans to Adam and gives Adam life – the finger touch/spark of life. Some think God is in a womb – giving life to Adam – the green is the umbilical cord

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How does Michelangelo’s Creation of Adam show God is Transcendent?

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God is placed above and beyond in a cloud or a brain – showing God is OMNISCIENT

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How does Michelangelo’s Creation of Adam show God is omnipotent?

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God is older, a father figure - dynamic powerful

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How does Michelangelo’s Creation of Adam show the sanctity of life?

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Adam is touched by God and given sanctity, ‘God breathed life’ into him.. Genesis 2 This shows that humans are dependent on God to give them life

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How does Michelangelo’s Creation of Adam show the image of God?

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Adam resembles God, like a son looks like his father – Catherine of Siena taught that humans are made imago Dei

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How does Michelangelo’s Creation of Adam show the stewardship?

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Adam lies back on the perfect world created by God.

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What does inter-fait dialogue mean?

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Means co-operative, constructive and positive engagement with everyone

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Why is inter-faith dialogue important?

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Because we have REST

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What does REST mean?

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  • Racism
  • Extremism
  • Scapegoating
  • Tensions
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What does society need? (Inter-faith)

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RUT

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What does RUT stand for?

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  • Respect
  • Understanding
  • Tolerance
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What did Pope Benedict say about inter-faith dialogue?

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‘dialogue’ not an option but a ‘vital need of our time..’

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How can Catholics do what Pope Benedict said about inter-faith dialogue?

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  • PIE
  • PROMOTE understanding
  • IDENTIFY common ground and
  • ENGAGE in shared action
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What does Pope Francis say about inter-faith dialogue?

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‘building bridges’ between cultures

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What does Pop Francis say in 2020 about the poor?

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The poor must come first and that is non-negotiable

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What does CAFOD stand for?

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Catholic Agency for OVERSEAS Development

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What inspired CAFOD to show dignity?

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  • The Parable of the Sheep and the Goats
  • They now teach valuable skills to enable people to become self-sufficient
  • They help those in need
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How does CAFOD show love?

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FORCE = Fundraising to help Overcome poverty by Responding with aid, Campaigning and Educating people on the causes of poverty

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How does CAFOD show respect for creation?

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They promote Pope Francis’ teachings in Laudato Si - One Climate One World campaign focuses on a low carbon future

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What does SVP stand for?

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St Vincent De Paul Society

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What is the SVP?

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parish based charity offering support to the local community

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What does the SVP do?

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  • LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOUR – inspired by the Parable of the Sheep and the Goats BECAUSE of this they visit and befriend the poor and lonely, run support centres, organise soup kitchens
  • DIGNITY of the human person = inspired by belief in imago Dei – because of this they visit prisoners – fund raise so female prisoners have female toiletries.
  • CREATION - – they have community shops and furniture shops – they collect donated furniture, recycle repaired items and give people access to second-hand goods

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