Christian Ethics
An overview of Christian Ethics for religous ethics. It contains info on figures of authority and theories and teachings within Christinaity.
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- Created on: 23-04-13 23:31
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- Christian Ethics
- Main Ethical principles
- Divine command theory and God as a father
- Weakness'
- Is obedience really a virtue?
- Surely we've been given free will for a reason...
- Some argue that we as humans cannot know God's desires
- Is it too much of a legalism of the Torah?
- Dependence on moral law rather than on personal religious faith.
- Problem of supervenience
- = Rights and wrongs of a practical moral issue are a result of a concept or religious belief
- God has absolute power but also ordained power - this is contradictory
- de potentia absoluta
- de potentia ordinata
- Gottfried Leibniz
- If whats good is what God commands then surely there is no intrinsic value to us doing a good action
- Plato'
- Links to the Euthyphro dilemma
- "are things good because God commands them or does God command good things?"
- Links to the Euthyphro dilemma
- Is obedience really a virtue?
- Strengths
- Paul said we are "slaves of Christ" - the theory emphasis virtues of obediance and obligation
- Conforms with Christian understanding that God is creator
- Its an objective moral system
- This gives it universability and impartiality
- Divine sovereignty
- Meaning it confoms to Christian understanding of God as Omnipotent
- Whether things are morally good or bad is dependent on God
- Links to the Euthyphro dilemma
- "are things good because God commands them or does God command good things?"
- Humans ought to do what God wills
- Therefore, God orders the universe by his Divine law
- God chooses not to act arbitrarily, which would be inconsistent with his nature
- Humans are powerless and therefore have an obligation to obey God
- God is omnipotent and therefore has freedom to do what he wants
- Links to the Euthyphro dilemma
- Weakness'
- Holy Spirit
- " I believe in the holy spirit"
- "a formless void and darkness covered the face of the deep"
- The good nature teaches us...
- Help those in poverty
- Just be a peachy person
- Look after the planet
- The good nature teaches us...
- "The fruit of the spirit is love, joy, peace..."
- Situation Ethics
- Love is the test of all moral actions (agape)
- Law and sin
- Original sin
- "For I do not do the good i want, but the evil I do not want is what I do"
- Paul
- "For I do not do the good i want, but the evil I do not want is what I do"
- Original sin
- Divine command theory and God as a father
- Moral Teachings
- Jesus
- Apostles creed
- "I believe in Jesus Christ, his only son, our Lord."
- Incarnate word of God
- Jewish teacher
- His teachings
- Eschatology
- = Study of ideas about end of life and day of judgement
- Teaching s difficult to put into practise
- = Study of ideas about end of life and day of judgement
- Prepare for Kingdom of God
- Aims as argued by Amos Wilder
- Promote Kingdom of God
- Give you a sense of guilt and therefore repentance
- Teach attributes required in the Kingdom of God
- Eschatology
- "Love your enemies and for those who persecute you"
- The Golden Rule
- "Do to others as you would have them do to you"
- Apostles creed
- st. Paul
- Expert in the Torah
- Wrote about, but never met, Jesus.
- "Let the same mind be in you that was in Christ Jesus"
- Jesus = Savior sent by God to bring humanity salvation
- Christians should imitate the lifestyle of Jesus
- "Let the same mind be in you that was in Christ Jesus"
- Jesus
- Sources of authoriy
- Tradition and reason
- Church of England
- Divide due to influences from medieval Roman Catholicism and fundamentals of Reformation Protestantism
- Two other groups that aren't so extreme
- Liberal Anglicans
- High Church
- Takes influence from Bible, Reason, traditions of ancient Church
- Liberal Anglicans
- Tradition
- Church fathers met and agreed morals, written down to be known as creeds
- Reason
- God created reason so we could deduct moral truths
- Takes influence from Bible, Reason, traditions of ancient Church
- Bible sole authority
- Typically oppose gay rights and woman as priests
- Known as Low Church
- Two other groups that aren't so extreme
- Divide due to influences from medieval Roman Catholicism and fundamentals of Reformation Protestantism
- Church of England
- Magisterium of the church
- = The teaching authority of the Catholic Church
- Ways in which beliefs of the Roman Catholic Church are decided
- Pastoral Letters
- Sermons
- To which the faithful listen
- Pastoral Letters
- To which the faithful listen
- Encyclicals
- Statements; ex cathedra
- Bible
- Funamentalist Christians
- Literally the word of God
- Salvation history
- = The bible is where God reveals himself as a savior throughout history
- Salvation history
- Literally the word of God
- Protestants
- Focal point of authority
- Per sola fide
- Faith
- Basically meaning that beliefs must be supported with scriptural evidence
- Per sola scriptura
- Bible
- We must interpret it
- Bible
- Per sola fide
- Focal point of authority
- Funamentalist Christians
- Tradition and reason
- Main Ethical principles
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