Theology-Good Conduct And Key Moral Principles

Question 1

Denomination

Answer 1

A recognised branch of the Christian Church

Question 2

Dominion

Answer 2

Meaning power / power over , as in the debate about human dominion over the world

Question 3

Double Predestination

Answer 3

God predestines some to the Kingdom through His grace but leaves others immersed in their sin to be condemned to hell

Question 4

Eco-theology

Answer 4

The approach to environmental issues focusing on establishing the right relationship between religion and nature. It stems from the perception that our current environmental problems are due in large part to religious misunderstanding

Question 5

Eschatological

Answer 5

To do with the last days, that is, the last Judgement / God’s Kingdom

Question 6

Foreknowledge

Answer 6

When applied to God , the doctrine that an all-knowing God knows the entire future , so knows from eternity who will accept the gift of grace and who will reject it. In the modern debate , the question whether or not God’s foreknowledge is casual - does it cause human actions ? If so , then there is a problem with the concept of predestination to heaven or hell

Question 7

Grace

Answer 7

God’s grace is seen as the free gift of mercy to sinful humanity , for example , through the atonement made by the suffering and death of Jesus . According to Pelagius , God’s grace was the gift of free will to humans

Question 8

Intrinsic value

Answer 8

Something that has value for its own sake, for example , human life in the Sancitity of Life Principle

Question 9

Ius ad bellum

Answer 9

Latin for the laws / conditions under which it is legitimate to go to war

Question 10

Ius in bello

Answer 10

Latin for the rules under which a war must be fought once begun

Question 11

Justification

Answer 11

When used in ‘justification by faith ‘ and ‘justification by works’-Christians are counted as righteous before God on the basis of faith or by works , or by both

Question 12

Predestination

Answer 12

The view that all events have been willed by God from eternity , specifically the fate of the righteous and of the damned

Question 13

Sanctity

Answer 13

As in the Sanctity of Life Principle : holy / sacred to God

Question 14

Sanctity of Life Principle

Answer 14

The idea , based on the concepts of being made in God’s image and having (uniquely) a soul , that human life is sacred to God

Question 15

Sola fide

Answer 15

Latin, refers to Luther’s doctrine of justification by ‘faith alone ‘

Question 16

Stewardship

Answer 16

The view that ‘dominion’ over the environments should be understood as responsible human care for it , on the understanding that humans are answerable to God for their treatment of the environment

Question 17

Justification by faith or works quote ( 1John 2:4)

Answer 17

“He who says ‘I know him’ but disobeys his commandments is a liar “

Question 18

The concept of the sanctity of life

Answer 18

• Life is holy or sacred to God
• Human life has intrinsic value
• The principle can be weak or strong

Question 19

The Just War Theory

Answer 19

• Mainly developed in Christian circles

* Mainly within NML tradition