Unit 3: outcome 2.

Question 1

Nicene Creed on creation.

Answer 1

We believe in one God, the father, almighty, created of heaven and earth, of all there is, that is seen and unseen.

Question 2

What figures believed in the old definition of dominion and what figures firmly and currently believe in the reinterpreted belief.

Answer 2

Descartes:
“Masters and possessors of nature”
Locke:
God gave the world to man for him to exploit”
Newton:
“Universe is like a clock that God has set into motion and left”

St Augustine, St Ambrose, Pope Benedict, Pope Francis.

Question 3

Seven themes of ecological responsibility.
Which Pope Francis has huge support for.
Also are the basis of stewardship.

Answer 3

SACRAMENTAL
RESPECT FOR HUMAN LIFE
INTERDEPENDENCE 
SOLIDARITY 
UNIVERSAL PURPOSE FOR CREATED THINGS
OPTION FOR THE POOR
AUTHENTIC DEVELOPMENT

Question 4

What must you know about Stewardship?

Answer 4

. St Francis
“ every creature is sacred”
. Pope Francis
laudato Si,
“People occasionally forgive, nature never does. If we don’t take care of the environment there’s no way of getting around it”
“We are called to exercise a responsible stewardship over it”
. Seven themes of ecological responsibility.

Question 5

Other quotes

Answer 5

Pope John Paul 2:
The earth is a gift from God.
Australian Archbishops:
The right to a safe ecological environment is a universal human right.

Question 6

How do we maintain beliefs?

Answer 6

We maintain beliefs due to a number of reasons including:
Tradition
Commitment to a religon
Search for a higher meaning and cause
Adversity

We maintain our beliefs through the eight aspects of religon. Rituals, social structure, ethics, stories, religious experience, symbols, sacred texts and at the core, beliefs.

Question 7

7 themes of God as an environmentalist.

Answer 7

1. GOODNESS
2. REVELATION
3. VALUE
4. DEPENDENCE
5. CARE TAKERS
6. STEWARDS
7. SERVANTS