Quotes Flashcards
father image
Deuteronomy 1:31
“and in the wilderness. There you saw how the Lord your God carried you, as a father carries his son, all the way you went until you reached this place.”
Described God as a father to humans, that cares and provides from them
jesus love
Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. John 13:34
dominion
to be fruitful and multiply, and have dominion genesis 1:28
with god
‘act justly, love tenderly and walk humbly with your God’ Micah 6:8
destined to be with god
‘every human being is on a journey with a destination which is ultimately related to God’ CCC 51
neighbour
‘Love your neighbour as yourself’ Mt 22:39
image
‘God created humankind in his image’ Genesis 1: 27
god description
‘We believe in one God, the Father, the Almighty, maker of heaven and earth, of all that is seen and unseen’ Nicene Creed
creation is good
‘God saw all that he had made, and it was very good’ Gen 1:31
priestly creation in the beginning
‘In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth’ Genesis 1:1
till
‘The Lord God took man and put him in the Garden of Eden to till it and keep it’ Gen 2: 15
care for creation
Care for creation and have stewardship over it Genesis 1: 26
love god
‘Love the Lord, your God, with your whole heart’ Deut 6:5
suffering moral evil
God is good and his words are good, but everyone experiences suffering and evils in nature, which seems to be caused by moral evil. CCC #385
heaven
‘Heaven is the ultimate end and fulfilment of the deepest human longings’ (CCC #1024)
trinitarian love
‘God is love’ 1 John 4:16b
omnipotent
God is the all-powerful and the ‘creator of heaven and earth’ (Apostles creed).
omnibenevolent
The world was made for God’s glory, or his unlimited love and goodness CCC 293
one god CCT
God exists and there is only one God. He is truth and love, as well as mystery. God is at the same time one, and three persons, or the Trinity. This is the central mystery of humanity (CCC 178, 261).
“we believe in one God” Nicene Creed
God created creation with purpose, it isnt random
“God created the world according to his wisdom. It is not the product of necessity, no blind fate or chance” (CCC#295)
god is immanent
God upholds and sustains creation, and is actively involved in its unfolding and development in time, and is the loving master of the world and of its history. (CCC #301-5, 314)
yahwah garden of eden creation
Genesis 2:8 “Now the Lord God had planted a garden in the east, in Eden”
yahweh women creation
Genesis 2:22 “Then the Lord God made a woman from the rib”
yahweh man creation
Genesis 2:7 “Then the Lord God formed a man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life”
yahweh animal creation
Genesis 2:19 “Now the Lord God had formed out of the ground all the wild animals and all the birds in the sky.”
priestly creation short
Genesis 1:4b “God made the earth and heavens”
3 suffering of Jesus quotes johns gospel
The passion of Jesus in John’s Gospel (jn 18:1-19:42) contains the story of Jesus’ last day and his painful journey to Calvary and death on the cross.
“Finally Pilate handed him over to them to be crucified” John 19:16
In the Good Friday Liturgy, part of the Easter Tridium, the story is proclaimed (more information later)
Jesus time example
“It was now about noon, and darkness came over the whole land until three in the afternoon” Luke 23:44
invitation in the veneration of the cross
“behold the wood of the cross, on which hung the saviour of the world. Come let us worship!”
god desires relationship
“At every time, and in every place, God draws close to man. He calls man to seek him, to know him, to love him with all his strength” (CCC 1)
humans can be forgiven
“Humans are sinful but are able to be forgiven through Christ the saviour of all” (CCC 73)
RG malta quote
one of the most religious countries in the world pg 96
RG relationship with god
what it meant to have a personal relationship with God pg 40
RG heart and mind
[he] believed that in [his] mind, but [his] heart was unsure pg 37
RG got interest
I hadnt thought God would be interested in me pg 35
RG sense of self
i was losing my sense of self pg 30
RG faith in God
my faith in God began to grow pg 36
RG god mercy
we need to trust that God in His mercy, will never abandon us
RG joining God
Song: I surrender
“Lord I bring myself to you”
RG change due to SLE
‘There was a monumental shift in me that day.’
RG GODS LOVE
You are unconditionally loved by a good and holy god pg 185
RG jesus sit
Jesus sit down I want to talk to you
RG personal relationship
I liked and loved god but I had never personally encountered him pg 40
RG priesthood
5th nov 2010
RG gods immanence
There was a god who was with me… all throughout my day pg 36
RG bible study
I would spend hours praying, reading the bible pg 67
RG chair
I sat before him in my room pg 36
gentile christian rules
Apostilic decree: “You are to abstain from food sacrificed to idols, from blood, from the meat of strangled animals and from sexual immorality. You will do well to avoid these things.” (ACTS 15:29)
gentile christians peter amos justification
AMOS 9:12
“all the Gentiles upon my name is called, may earnestly seek, says the Lord who does all these things.” Peter quotes Amos 9:12 in Acts 15 at the council of Jerusalem to argue in favour of the Gentiles plight
circumcision and redemption
“Unless you are circumcised, according to the custom taught by Moses, you cannot be saved.” (Acts 15:1)
jesus sorrow garden
Garden of Gethsamane- Jesus showing fear and sorrow at the Garden of Gethsemane (Mat. 26:36-46
arius direct quote
“there was a time when the Son was not”- Arius
word
John 1:1-2 “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning
Resurrection quotes 2
John 3:16 “God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life”.
Apostles Creed: “I believe…. the resurrection of the body, and life everlasting”.
begotten
“begotten from the Father before all age” Nicene Creed
one God creed
“We believe in one God” Nicene Creed
climate common good
“the climate is a common good, belonging to all and meant for all” (Chapter 1, #23)
moral problem
“The ecological crisis is a moral problem”
Message for the World Day of Peace 1/1/1990 #5
filth
“turning our home into an immense pile of filth” chapter 1, 21
pope benedict on climate
Message for World Day of Peace 1/1/2010 Pope Benedict XVI
“right to life, good, health and development”
“climate refugees”
consumerism
“use and throw away” logic chapter 3 #123
who was laudato si addressed to
to all men and women of good will
gods plan
‘every human being is on a journey with a destination which is ultimately related to God’ CCC 51
laudato deum
our responses have not been adequate #2
the evidence is accumulating
the signs of climate change are here and increasingly evident #5
urgency
We barely have time to prevent even more tragic damage. #16
future and family
every family ought to realize that the future of their children is at stake #58
power and god
“Praise God” is the title of this letter. For when human beings claim to take God’s place, they become their own worst enemies. #73
un stance on condoms
The UN program against HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) is advocating the use of condoms as “an essential and effective component in preventing the disease”.
pope benedict response condoms
2005 - Pope Benedict XVI tells African bishops “The spread of HIV and AIDS in Africa should be tackled through fidelity and abstinence and not by condoms.”
john paul stance condoms
Humanae Vitae #1 encyclical letter
it is never lawful, even for the gravest reasons, to do evil that good may come of it (18)
Catechism of the Catholic Church - CCC 2370: “[E]very acts which… [aims], whether as an end or as a means, to render procreation impossible is intrinsically evil”.
pontifical council response condoms
1995 - the Pontifical Council for the Family issues guidelines saying that ‘safe sex’, [is] a dangerous and immoral policy based on the deluded theory that the condom can provide adequate protection against AIDS.”
bishops response to condoms
2009 - Bishop Kevin Dowling says is sick of seeing dying women with emancipated babies among victims. He says, “they should use a condom in order to prevent the transmission of potential death of another.”
challenge arius name
the christological heresy of arianism arius: jesus is not God, not co-eternal, not co-equal
challenge condoms name
the challenge of the spread of hiv/aids in africa and the issue of using condoms to combat the epidemic
challenge laudato si name
the ecological crisis and the issue of climate change
challenge circumcision name
the practical problems arising from the large influx of gentile converts into the early christian church
