Christian Moral Principles

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  • Created on: 13-10-22 13:11
What is meant by: God Centred ethics. Following God's commandments are what is necessary to live morally. Human nature has been corrupted by the Fall so cannot be relied upon to make correct decisions
Theonomous Ethics
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What is meant by: There are a variety of sources of authority. The Bible is an important source but there needs to be interpretation in order to make it relevant to the modern world. The Church and/or reason play a vital role in this.
Heteronomous Ethics
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What is meant by: The individual has the authority to make decisions. They use the guiding principle of Christian love (agape) in order to make moral decisions.
Autonomous Ethics
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Complete the quote: "All Scripture is ___________ and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness." 2 Timothy 3:16
God-breathed
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Complete the quote: "Above all, you must understand that no prophecy of Scripture came about by the prophet’s own ____________ of things. For prophecy never had its origin in the human will, but prophets, though human, spoke from God as they were carried
Interpretation
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Which term means the Bible contains no errors?
Inerrancy
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Which term refers to the idea that the Bible has moral authority and cannot be wrong?
Infallible
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Who is known as the father of modern hermeneutics?
Friedrich Schleirmacher
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Which idea refers to the idea that the Bible is the only source for moral principles?
Sola Scriptura
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What does the Roman Catholic Church mean by sacred tradition?
An oral tradition that goes back to the disciples and Jesus
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Complete the quote: 'To the Church belongs the right always and everywhere to announce ____________' (Catechism of the Catholic Church).
moral principles
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Who said: ‘Sola Scriptura is conceptually and practically untenable, because interpretation of Scripture can never occur in a vacuum.’
Richard Hays
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Who distinguished between Orthodox and Prophetic Christianities?
Reinhold Niebuhr
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What did Reinhold Niebuhr mean by prophetic Christianity?
Christianity that insists on the relevance of the ideal of love to the moral experience.
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According to Paul Tillich what is the role of wisdom in ethical decision making?
Love's guide
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According to Paul Tillich what is the role of justice in ethical decision making?
Love's backbone
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Who argued: 'nobody should feel compelled – religiously or morally – to follow [laws] unconditionally’.
Paul Tillich
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What is meant by: There are a variety of sources of authority. The Bible is an important source but there needs to be interpretation in order to make it relevant to the modern world. The Church and/or reason play a vital role in this.

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Complete the quote: "All Scripture is ___________ and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness." 2 Timothy 3:16

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Complete the quote: "Above all, you must understand that no prophecy of Scripture came about by the prophet’s own ____________ of things. For prophecy never had its origin in the human will, but prophets, though human, spoke from God as they were carried

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