SOAs Flashcards

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SOA about scripture being inspired about God

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Timothy: ‘all scripture is inspired by God’

Dei Verbum: scripture is inspired by the Holy Spirit and so it’s what God written

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SOA against homosexuality

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Leviticus: ‘you shall not lie with a male as a woman’

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SOA against women teaching/being ordained

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Corinthians: ‘women should be silent in church’

St Paul: ‘women should not preach in Church’

Apostolic Succession (catholic, orthodox, evangelical)
- only men can be ministers because all disciples were men

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SOA for gender equality

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Galatians: ‘there is no longer male and female, for all of you are one in Jesus Christ’

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SOA for reassurance from the Bible

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  • Corinthians: ‘I will not let you be tested beyond your strength, but with the testing he will also provide the way out so that you may be able to endure it’
  • Story of Job
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Quaker ‘conscientious objectors’ during WW2

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Conscience tells them war and violence is wrong

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St Thomas Aquinas

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Reason helps make decisions even when they fall from God’s grace

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SOA for conscience

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Catechism:
- God speaks to people through their conscience BUT is it genuinely God guiding you or just what you want to be
- pay attention to your conscience, don’t be distracted from it

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Book of Common Prayer

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  • Anglican
  • Guidelines for what should be read and when
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SOAs for the Church as the Body of Christ

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Romans: ‘for as in one body we have many members, and not all the members have the same function’

-> like how the way parts of the body have different functions and work together to work together

Corinthians: ‘for in the one spirit we were all baptised into one body’

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SOA for unity

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Corinthians: ‘if one member suffers, all suffer together with it; if one member is honoured, all rejoice together with it’

Corinthians: ‘they shall be my people’

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Lumen Gentium (Catholic)

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  • says laity are important as they bring Jesus’ love to the ordinary world
  • just as important as ordained priests
  • laity should receive the sacraments + receive God’s grace as reward
  • those ordained must be celibate
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SOA for women in church

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Romans: ‘phoebe, a deacon of the Church at Cenchreae’

St Paul spoke well of prophets and said they should be allowed to lead Eucharist -> there are female prophets like Ana present in Luke 2

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SOAs for the Trinity

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Nicene Creed:
- describes each member

Matthew:
- ‘he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove’
- ‘a voice from heaven said this is my Son’

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SOA for The Creation Story

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Genesis:
- ‘let there be light’
- ‘now we will make human beings’

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SOA for The Creation Story

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Genesis:
- ‘let there be light’
-‘ we will make human beings’

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SOAs for the Incarnation

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John:
- ‘in the beginning the Word already existed’
- ‘the word became flesh’

Matthew: ‘ the virgin will conceive’

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SOA for the resurrection

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Luke: ‘three days later rise to life’

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SOAs for salvation

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Romans: ‘for the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord’

-> means that the consequence of sun is death but the consequence of turning to God is eternal life (Jesus is forgiving)

Corinthians: ‘for in Adam we all die, so in Christ all will be made alive’

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2 Corinthians

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  • ‘God will have a house in heaven for us to live in’
  • ‘it’s not that we want to get rid of our earthly body, but that we want to have the heavenly one’
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The Good Samaritan

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A man helping another man despite their differences

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Parable of the Sheep and Goats

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Shows that those who helps other in need will be rewarded with heaven and that those who don’t will not go to heaven

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Thomas a Kempis

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‘Death would have no terrors for you if you had a quiet conscience’

-> life after death is determined by your actions and what you do to rectify the wrong ones

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CAFOD

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help those in Syria and Turkey
-> The Good Samaritan

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The Inconsistent Triad

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God cannot be omnipotent and omnibenevolent at the same time of the existence of evil and suffering

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Psalm 103

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‘The lord is king to those who honour him’
-> faith and dedication results in liberation from suffering

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SOA for the Book of Job

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‘Shall we accept good from God, and not trouble?’

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Psalm 119

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‘Even in my suffering I was comforted because your promise gave me life’

-> suffering doesn’t have to be negative especially when God is there to guide us through it

Also, says that suffering is the result of our own actions

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SOA for prayer in response to suffering

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Psalm 13: ‘I cry out by day, but you do not answer’

Psalm 23: ‘I will fear no evil for you are with me’

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Lord’s Prayer

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‘Hallowed be your name’
‘Forgive us our debts’

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Irenaean Theodicy

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  • evil is due to free will
  • God didn’t create a perfect world
  • evil has a valuable part to play in God’s Plan
  • humans have to overcome evil and suffering themselves in order to develop into God’s perfect likeness
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SOA that supports worship

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Psalm: ‘worship the lord in the splendour of his holiness’

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SOA that supports the sacraments

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Catechism (Catholic):
- ‘the 7 sacraments are signs (..) by which the Holy Spirit spreads the grace’
-> sacraments are a way for God to forgive people as they are the only way to achieve God’s salvation

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39 Articles

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  • Mentions the Eucharist and baptism
  • Says during Eucharist the congregation receive a share of Jesus’ body and blood
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The Sermon on the Mount

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  • Jesus taught the disciples the Lord’s Prayer and gave instructions to Christians on how to pray
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SOAs for Holy Week

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Palm Sunday: Mark
Table Turning in the Temple: Mark
Maundy Thursday: Luke
Good Friday: Matthew
Easter Sunday: Corinthians, Luke

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Mark - The Great Commission

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Jesus’ last command to his disciple to go out and concert the world

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Act of Apostles (NT)

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  • St Peter organised conversion throughout Palestine + was the first Pope
  • St Philip converted Ethiopian leading to Christianity spreading to Africa
  • St Paul founded Christian churches in Syria, Turkey etc
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Mother Teresa

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‘They do it for Jesus’

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Peter: ‘be shepherds of God’s flock’

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Leaders of the church should set an example for the congregation

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SOAs for reconciliation

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  • Matthew: Jesus said ‘blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be sons of God’
  • St Paul said Christians should try to live in peace
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SOA for charity

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1 Corinthians: charity is important it is not all about giving money -> charity must be given with love