Unit 5 Flashcards
“You shall not steal”
7th Commandment
7th commandment
“You shall not steal”
10th Commandment
“You shall not covet your neighbors goods”
“You shall not covet your neighbors goods”
10th Commandment
Commutative justice
This type of justice calls for fairness in agreements and contracts between individuals. It is an equal exchange of goods, money, or services.
This type of justice calls for fairness in agreements and contracts between individuals. It is an equal exchange of goods, money, or services.
Commutative justice
What are the two feet of Christian Social Action?
- works of justice
- works of service or charity
Works of service/charity and works of justice are the two feet of what?
Christian Social Justice
Solidarity
Union of one’s heart and mind with all people; leads to the just distribution of material goods, creates bonds between opposing groups and nations, and leads to the spread of spiritual goods such as friendship and prayer.
Union of one’s heart and mind with all people; leads to the just distribution of material goods, creates bonds between opposing groups and nations, and leads to the spread of spiritual goods such as friendship and prayer.
Solidarity
What is a basic test of any just society or state
how its most vulnerable members are treated
Societies that are marked by sharp division between the rich and poor must do what?
work to reduce those inequalities and provide for a more just distribution of the goods of the earth
Explain the “preferential option for poor and vulnerable”
We have a special obligation to put the needs of the poor and vulnerable first, even above our own comforts and wants.
Poverty of heart
The recognition of our deep need for God and the commitment to put God above everything else in life, particularly above the accumulation of material wealth
The recognition of our deep need for God and the commitment to put God above everything else in life, particularly above the accumulation of material wealth
Poverty of heart
What was Jesus’s view of wealth?
He called his disciples to follow his example in being unattached to material wealth. He promises there is a reward for those who embrace voluntary poverty. Jesus warns that material wealth can be dangerous to our salvation.
Social justice
The defense of human dignity by ensuring that essential human needs are met and that essential human rights are protected; to fight against social sin.
The defense of human dignity by ensuring that essential human needs are met and that essential human rights are protected; to fight against social sin.
Social justice
Corporal works of mercy
Charitable actions that respond to people’s physical needs and show respect for human dignity.
Charitable actions that respond to people’s physical needs and show respect for human dignity.
Corporal works of mercy
List the 7 corporal works of mercy
Feeding the hungry, give drink to the thirsty, clothing the naked, sheltering the homeless, visiting the sick, visiting prisoners, and burying the dead
How should we use our God-given stewardship over the earth’s resources?
We must use the resources wisely and justly.
What does stewardship mean?
Being grateful, responsible stewards of the gifts we receive from God
List some basic human rights.
food, clothing, shelter, education, dignified work, health care, religious freedom, and freedom of speech
What is the most fundamental human right?
The right to life, which must be protected from conception to natural death.
