Good and evil

Question 1

Key concept : incarnation

Answer 1

1. Made flesh
2. The christian belief that God became man through Jesus

Question 2

Key concept : Evil

Answer 2

1. The absence of good
2. This is at the expense of the good of others which often results in suffering

Question 3

Key concept : Privation

Answer 3

1. The loss of something that is normally there
2. st Augustine said that evil is a privation of good

Question 4

Key concept : suffering

Answer 4

1. pain or loss which harms human beings
2. some suffering arevcaused by others human beings while others are not

Question 5

Key concept : Goodness

Answer 5

1. The quality of being like God
2. Seeking the well-being of others selflessly

Question 6

Key concept : free-will

Answer 6

1. The decision making part of a persons mind
2. Free will is when a person is able to choose what is right from what is wrong without being controlled by other forces.

Question 7

Key concept : natural law

Answer 7

1. The laws of rights and wrongs are the same for all people, in all places at all times
2. every human can discover the natural law

Question 8

Key concept : conscience

Answer 8

1. human reason making moral laws
2. The knowledge we have of what is right and wrong given by God

Question 9

Catholic views on Trinity

Answer 9

• one God in three forms
• The omnipotent and benevolent creator FATHER
• saviour and teacher Jesus christ the SON
• God’s presence still on earth now, guide and helper HOLY SPIRIT
• “our father who art in Heaven” -Lord’s prayer
• “we believe in one God” -the Nicene creed
• St Augustine believed love cannot exist on it’s own and would need someone to give it. FATHER (lover), HOLY SPIRIT (love), SON (beloved).
• “God is love” -Gospels

Question 10

Jesus as the incarnate son

Answer 10

• Catholics believe Jesus is fully God and fully human
• Jesus has all the Godliness of God but also experienced human emotions like pain or anxiety
• THE KENOSIS HYMN (means emptying)
• Being in human form didn’t remove any divine power Jesus had
• Jesus chose to accept human limitations and the hymn is sung to worship him
• Jesus came to serve and not to rule
• “he humbled himself” -The kenosis hymn

Question 11

Original sin

Answer 11

• when God created Adam and Eve he gave them free will
• When Adam and Eve ate from the tree of knowledge of good and evil against the will of God
• They disobeyed God
• This is the moment A & E fell from a perfect state that God created them in Genesis.
• “They ate the fruit” -Genesis
• “The ground will be cursed because of you” -Genesis
• Moral evil exists because of the misuse of free will and use it for bad
• we are all born with the do bad things and disobey God

Question 12

St Augustine on evil as a privation

Answer 12

• God created the world in a perfect state
• “God saw all that he made, and it was very good”-Genesis
• Adam and Eve disobeyed leading to the fall
• “The land will be cursed because of you” - Genesis
• Evil exist because people misuse their free will
• Suffering can make us better people
• He believes evil itself is not a thing instead it is a lack of something

Question 13

Pope John Paul on suffering

Answer 13

• Bad things happen but its about how we react to them
• Salvifici Doloris a letter by the pope
• means saving power of suffering
• pray God uses suffering to bring about good for others
• Pope JP was shot and his first words were of Forgiveness to the man that shot him
• Pope JP early life was filled with sadness.
• “to suffer means to become”