Christian Moral Principles

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  • Created on: 02-06-17 23:26
What is the bible?
supreme authority in all matters of doctorine and practice, self authenticitating, without need for interpretation, clear and obvious in its meanings
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What is per sola scripture?
the writers are not authors but scribes of the word of God "then the lord reached out his hand and touched my mouth and said to me "i have put the words in your mouth jeremiah"- Per Sola Scripture
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what does the bible do?
it is a document that will point all humans towards the right relationship with God, each would fine their own faith through the bible and be saved by it
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What did Barth believe?
all efforts to discover the truth about god should be through scripture, especially the revelation of God through human choice
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What is faith propositional?
truths revealed by god, to be accepted, god speaking to his people, god is revealed directly to the reader through the words on the page, commendments and teachings are fixed moral principles
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What is non propositonal?
belief or faith in God we gain knowledge through experiencing a sense of God's prensence and nature. It is more personal and about how the bible is experiences in the believers life
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What is the strengths of the bible?
belief that the bible is the direct and without mistake the word of god, bible is without error,No need for interpretation
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what are the weaknesses of the bible?
our own experiences will make us interpret the bible differently. If God did dictate the words of the bible why is there so many different styles of writing? what about conflcting text?some rules dont seem to fit with ethical life (pig skins)
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What did Rosemary Radford Ruether believe?
both tradition and bible are shaped almost exclusively to male experiences, so universability and authority of tradition can be questioned, as the current interpretation of the bible is one sided
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what do christians think ethics should be?
combination of biblical teaching, church teaching and human reason
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what did Tillich argue?
Eros=love of goodness and beauty, Philia- love of friendship and trust, libido=sexual love, rules must be interpreted through love in accordance with the people involved in the diallema at hand
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What did pope francis argue?
advocated a more compassionate response and attempts to control people using rules "nor it is helpful to try and impose rules by sheer authority" bible contains wisdom and is the reality of family life
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what did Richard Mouw believe?
argues that just because one biblical passage focuses upon love this does not rulee out the possibility of other biblical messages
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are all biblical commandments about morality today?
not all biblical commandments are about morality today,
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What did Augustine and Aristotle do?
believed in Natural Law- we must use our reason to figure out the correct thing to do to achieve our purpose and reach euadaimonia
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