Sector 2 - RE Flashcards
What is Original Sin?
The tendency to evil supposedly innate in all human beings
Original sin derived from?
The result of Adam and Eve disobedience towards God
Eve was bribed by the evil serpent into temptation to eat the forbidden fruit in which god told them not to eat in the garden of Eden.
Exiled from Eden.
What does Augustine teach about evil and suffering.
God didn’t create evil
Privation of Good
Suffering as a blessing as to acknowledge everything our loved ones have done for us that make it an absolute memory to us.
Humans may choose the wrong thing in aftermath to suffering
We have the guilt of disobedience
Imagery and symbolism from the creation of Adam
The shape of a brain outlined by God’s billowing shroud
Connotes omnipotence
It’s sacred art this sparking it to life
God omni benevolence - as of this will help anyone as we are created in imago dei and all life is sacred
Develop from there
Attitudes towards caring for the environment
Catholic POV
It’s the common good
—— Situate the world to make sure everything is maintained to good standard
Recycling where possible
——Again to sustain the world for many years to come
Using renewable energy
Reducing carbon footprint
Caring for the environment quote
Jeremiah 2:7 - and I brought you into a plentiful land to enjoy its fruits and it’s good things. But when you came in, you defiled my labs made my heritage an abomination.
Christians POV of caring for the environment
God gave human beings a special responsibility within creation to cultivate i, guard it and use wisely
STEWARDSHIP
Quote for stewardship
Good took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to work it and take care of it
Genesis 2:15
Everything that lives and moves about will be food for you. Just as I have you the green plants, I now give you everything
Genesis 9:3
What are the attitudes the trinity
Catholic POV
3 distinct persons that make up an unity.
CALLED THE Doctrine of the trinity
God the Father - cares for humanity as a father loves his son. - Luke 15: 11-32 show in the parable of the prodigal son
God the Son - Jesus as God in human form
- the word became flesh and his dwelling among us.
God the Holy Spirit - ‘the fruit of the spirit is love joy peace forbearance kindness goodness faithfulness gentleness and self control.’
Galatians 5:22-23
Other views of the holy trinity
God is not the son or the father or the Holy Spirit
In fact the holy spiritual is God’s active force
they REJECT the trinity doctrine as they consider unscriptural
They teach that god must be distinguished by his personal name - Jehovah
Power of action
