Christian Views of Conscience

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  • Created on: 07-12-21 13:47
Jerome
- Means by which we recognise sin.
- Limitations: some people have no sense of guilt or shame.
-Not a reliable guide to morality - not the same impact on all people.
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Butler
-God given guide to morality rather than voice of God.
- Comes from God & must always be obeyed.
- Intuitive: in our nature to be able to decide between right & wrong.
- Guilt: 'the clue we have acted against our nature'.
- Directs us to putting others b
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Newman
- 'An echo implies a voice; A voice a speaker'.
-Comparable to the inner voice of God.
- Insistent force suggests there is someone we feel answerable to - the personal source of moral law - God.
-The Christian duty to inform & educate conscience.
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Augustine
- Means of observing God's law - 'the voice of God talking to us'.
-We have a role in hearing our conscience & acting it out through our actions.
-Unreliable - people can ignore it.
- God's grace is essential if conscience is to be an effective means of
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Catholic Church
- Voice of God.
-Needs to be developed if it is to be a sufficient moral guide.
-Must be informed & moral judgement enlightened.
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Aquinas
-'Dictate of reason. He who acts against it always sins'.
-Faculty of human reason helping us decide between right & wrong.
- Use our ability to reason to work out God's plan for us & apply it to ethical decision making.
- Universal.
- Develop by prayer/
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Fletcher
-No such thing as conscience in terms of the voice of God.
-A thinking process involved in moral decision making.
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-God given guide to morality rather than voice of God.
- Comes from God & must always be obeyed.
- Intuitive: in our nature to be able to decide between right & wrong.
- Guilt: 'the clue we have acted against our nature'.
- Directs us to putting others b

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Butler

Card 3

Front

- 'An echo implies a voice; A voice a speaker'.
-Comparable to the inner voice of God.
- Insistent force suggests there is someone we feel answerable to - the personal source of moral law - God.
-The Christian duty to inform & educate conscience.

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Card 4

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- Means of observing God's law - 'the voice of God talking to us'.
-We have a role in hearing our conscience & acting it out through our actions.
-Unreliable - people can ignore it.
- God's grace is essential if conscience is to be an effective means of

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Card 5

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- Voice of God.
-Needs to be developed if it is to be a sufficient moral guide.
-Must be informed & moral judgement enlightened.

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