Q1 Midterm Flashcards
Distributive justice
what the community owes us.
Define: social justice
providing essential human needs.
Define: Social Encyclical
a letter from the pope on human rights.
What is the Common Good
helping people attain their best selves.
Define Justice & Charity
giving people their rights / helping with their needs.
Formal Definition of sin
breaking God’s law.
Material Definition of sin
harm ourselves or another.
a) physical
b) emotional
c) spiritual
How do you harm someone ‘spiritually’?
by teaching them to sin.
What are the Two Great Commandments?
love God / love your neighbor
What is the Parable of the Good Samaritan?
Jewish man robbed, hurt, passed by, and helped by a Samaritan man.
Who did Jesus say was the ‘neighbor’ to the man who was robbed and beaten?
The Samaritan
Why was this Parable a problem for the Pharisees?
It talked about a Samaritan helping a Jewish man.
What is Christian Service meant to do for you?
It makes you a better loving person.
Commutative justice
What we owe each other.
Legal justice
What we owe the community
