Week 10 Key Notes Flashcards
Theological Anthropology: Studies ______-, from the perspective of ___
man as man, God
Eschatology: Studies man’s _______
final goal
Mariology: Studies the _____________-
Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of Christ
Moral Theology: Since ____follows _____, knowing______________ helps us to study how we act
act, being, what we are as human persons
Christology: Since God ______________, knowing what the human person is helps us to _____________
became man in Christ, understand Christ
The belief that there is no transcendent element to human life
Materialism
The belief that there is no material element to human life
Dualism
Some Reformers propose that man is not actually changed by grace
a challenge on justification
It is difficult to give an account of the relationship between grace and free will
a challenge on predestination
Because these matters lie beyond us, we cannot reflect on our experience and have to rely solely on Revelation
Obscurity
There is significant disagreement among Christians on this topic
purgatory
Latin phrase meaning “to hand on what we contemplate to others”
Contemplata aliis tradere
The Latin word for “age, span of time, or world”
Saeculum
The idea, when applied to the Moral Theology, that Christians must be in the world, and of the world
secularization
Moral Theology is ____________________
“faith seeking understanding” of human actions
Moral Theology lets __________ shine on human actions, distinguishing _____________
the light of faith; good actions from evil ones
Moral Theology makes use of human disciplines, particularly _________________ part of theology
philosophy, for the “seeking understanding”
________________ studies how moral theology works (its basic tools, concepts, and methods)
_________________ studies particular human actions and whether they are good or evil
fundamental moral theology; Applied Moral Theology
Teaches about what kind of persons we are, which affects how we act
theological anthropology
Teaches about Jesus Christ, who is the exemplar of human action and by whose grace we are enabled to pursue the path of virtue
Christology
Teaches about the Trinity, which is the goal of human action
Trinitarian theology
theologians who practice at least some form of secularization
Martin Luther
Jean Bethke Elshtain
Gilbert Meilaender
Note these observations about what it means to do Moral Theology from the heart of the Church:
-It is informed by the Church’s moral teaching
-It is informed by the Church’s tradition (e.g. Sacred Scripture, St. Thomas Aquinas)
-It is informed by the Church’s Universal Call to Holiness
-It is criticized from the standpoint of secularization as being “impractical”
3 topics at the center of Church History
- A person - Jesus
- A people - The Church
- A Way of Life - The Christian Life
Note these elements of Truth, Goodness, Beauty outside the Church can inspire us and help impel Christians towards unity
Protestants: Bible
Orthodox: Liturgy
Pentecostals: Power of the Holy spirit
