Christianity Quotes

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Human sexuality
'Do not have sexual relations with a man as one does with a women; that is detestable'- Leviticus 18:22
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Sex before/in marriage
‘Every sexual act must be within the framework of marriage’- Casti Connubii
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Contraception
Every sexual act should have the possibility of creating new life’- Humane Vitae
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Marriage
That is why a man leaves his father and mother and is united to his wife, and they become one flesh’- Genesis 2:24
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Marriage
‘G-d blessed them and said to them ‘be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it’- Genesis 1:28
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Divorce and Remarriage
‘If a man divorces his wife for any cause other than unchasty he involves her in adultery’- Matthew 5:32
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Nature of Families
Anyone who does not provide for their relatives, and especially for their own household, has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever’- 1 Timothy
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Purpose of Families
‘Children, obey your parents in everything, for this pleasures the Lord’- Colossians 3
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Christian For Gender equality
There is neither Jew nor gentile, neither slave nor free, nor there is male or female, for you are all one in Jesus Christ’- Galatians 3:28
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Christian against gender equality
There is neither Jew nor gentile, neither slave nor free, nor there is male or female, for you are all one in Jesus Christ’- Galatians 3:28
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we should have dominion over the world
‘Fill the Earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky and over every living creature that moves on the ground’- Genesis 1:28
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Use and abuse of the environment
‘The Earth is the LORDS and everything in it’- Psalm 24:1
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Allowed to eat animals
Everything that lives and moves about will be food for you’- Genesis 9:3
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Allowed to eat animals
‘The one who eats everything must not treat with contempt the one who does not...for G-d has accepted them’- Romans 14:3
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The origins of human life
‘So G-d created mankind in his own image, in the image of G-d he created them; male and female he created them’- Genesis 1:27
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Against abortion
Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart’- Jeremiah 1:5
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Against euthanasia
You shall not murder’- Exodus 20:13
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Death and the after life
I believe in the resurrection of the body’- The Apostles Creed
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Christian view of heaven
‘For G-d so loved the world that he gave his one and only son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish have eternal life’- John 3:16
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G-d will settle disputes, not us
He will judge between the nations and will settle disputes for many people’ ‘Nation will not take up sword against nation, nor will they train for war any more’- Isaiah 2:4
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Reasons for war (money)
For the love of money is the root of all evil’- 1 Timothy
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Against lex tallionis
‘But I tell you, do not resist an evil person. If someone slaps you on the right cheek, turn to them the other cheek also’- Matthew 5:39
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lex tallionis
‘If there is a serious injury, you are to take life for life, eye for eye’- Exodus 21
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against religion as a cause of war
Anyone who is angry with a brother and sister will be subject to judgement’- Matthew 5
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View of pacifism
Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called children of G-d’- Matthew 5:9
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Christian view against violence
‘Jesus said, for all who draw the sword die by the sword’- Matthew 26:52
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Equality between everyone
Love your neighbour as yourself’- Mark 12:31
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Justification for Violence
'If you do not have a sword, sell your cloak and buy one'- Luke 22
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Against murdering
You have heard it said to the people long ago, ‘You shall not murder,’ and anyone who murders will be subject to judgement’- Matthew 5
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Obey the Government
Let everyone be subject to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except which G- d has established’- Romans 13:1
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Act compassionately towards criminals
For I was in prison and you came to visit me’- Matthew 25
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Aims of punishment: reformation
‘Do not be overcome with evil, but overcome evil with good’- Romans 12
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Christian view on suffering
‘We also glory in our suffering’- Romans 5:3-4
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Foregiveness
forgive us our sins, as we forgive those who Sin against us’- The Lords Prayer
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Foregiveness
‘Lord how many times shall I forgive my brother when he sins against me... ‘I tell you not seven times but seventy seven times’- Matthew 18
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Attitude for the death penalty
Whoever sheds human blood, by him shall his blood be shed’- Genesis 9:6
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Attitude against the death penalty
I take no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but rather that they turn away form their ways and live’- Ezekiel 33:11
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Justice in Christianity
‘Let justice roll on like a river and righteousness like a never failing stream’- Amos 5
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For gender prejudice in Christianity
‘For it is disgraceful for a women to speak in Church’- 1 Corinthians
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Against gender prejudice in Christianity
For G-d does not show favouritism’- Romans 2:11
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tithe
‘Be sure to set aside a tithe of all that your field produces each year’- Deuteronomy 14
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Christians against wealth
‘It is easier for a donkey to pass through the eye of a needle than for someone who is rich to enter the kingdom of G-d’- Mark 10:25
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Christians against wealth
‘No one can serve two masters, you cannot serve both G-d and money’- Matthew 6
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If you don't work, don't expect money
The one who is unwilling to work shall not eat’- 2 Thessalonians
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Don't exploit the poor
Do not exploit the poor because they are poor’- Proverbs 22
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You should give money to the poor
Faith without deeds is useless’- James 2
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‘Every sexual act must be within the framework of marriage’- Casti Connubii

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Every sexual act should have the possibility of creating new life’- Humane Vitae

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That is why a man leaves his father and mother and is united to his wife, and they become one flesh’- Genesis 2:24

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‘G-d blessed them and said to them ‘be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it’- Genesis 1:28

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