Key Philosophy and Ethics SOWA's

Question 1

Revelation being proof of God’s Existance

Answer 1

Psalm 19:1 – “The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands.”

Question 2

Visions as proof of God’s Existance

Answer 2

Genesis 28:12 – “He had a dream… a stairway reaching to heaven.”

Question 3

Miracles being proof of God’s Existance

Answer 3

Exodus 14:21 – “Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and the waters were divided.”

Question 4

The Design Argument

Answer 4

St Paul said in Romans chapter 1 that although God’s eternal power and divine nature are invisible, they can be understood and seen through the things he has made.

Question 5

The Cosmological Argument

Answer 5

Revelation 22:13 – “I am the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end.”

Question 6

The problems & solutions of evil and suffering

Answer 6

• Isaiah chapter 45 says that God is omnipotent, omniscient and omni-benevolent.
• Psalms 119 says that being afflicted by suffering leads to greater understanding of God.

Question 7

Marriage

Answer 7

CCC 1601 “Marriage is a sacrament”

Question 8

Sexual relationships

Answer 8

The Catechism teaches that marital sex should be both unitive and procreative because this is the ‘twofold end of marriage’.

Question 9

Family

Answer 9

CCC 1666 “The family is the Domestic Church.”

Question 10

Parish

Answer 10

1 Corinthians 12:27 – “Now you are the body of Christ, and each one of you is a part of it.”

Question 11

Equality of men and women in the family

Answer 11

• St Paul said in Galatians chapter 3 that in Christ there is neither male nor female.
• St Paul said in Ephesians chapter 5 that wive should submit to their husbands because the husband is the head of the wife just as Christ is the head of the Church.

Question 12

Gender prejudice and discrimination

Answer 12

St Paul said in 1 Timothy chapter 2 that women should not teach or have authority over men