Gods goodness Flashcards
What does the term Goodness mean?
Goodness is the quality of being like God: seeking the well-being of others selflessly
What do Catholics believe about God?
Christians believe that God is omnipotent and omnibenevolent.
They say that God is good and creation is too.
What is the analogy to help us learn about God?
Although everyone is a sinner we still see many signs of goodness in people like generosity kindess forgiveness and compassion.
If this is human goodness then God the creator whose image humans are made, must be supremely good.
We look at the world around us: the oceans, forests, sky and marvel its beauty. This teaches us something of the beauty of God
quote from the CCC?
“the beauty of creation reflects infinite beauty of the Creator’
What Do catholics think what God did after he created the world?
Catholics do not believe that God created the world and then sat back and watched it from the distance. For catholics, the miracles and answered prayer that people have today are examples of hoe God is a force for good in the world.
how is God’s goodness shown in Jesus?
God gave humans the gift of Jesus, his Son. God became man to teach people how to achieve eternal life.
Quotes from the bible
“This is my Son’
God is love
God saw that all He had made, and it was very good
