Philothea Flashcards
(37 cards)
Two divisions of theology
Dogmatic theology
moral theology or Christian ethics
A division of theology that seeks to understand the concept, doctrines, beliefs, and teachings
Dogmatic theology
how, application, practice, and exercise
Study of human person as a star image of God
Moral theology
A theology of how to go to heaven and follow Christ
Moral theology
A science of what man to be(christian) by reason of what he is(made in the image of God)
Moral theology
Divisions of moral theology
General and special
A division of moral theology that refers to fundamental or general things we ought to be
Example- beatitudes, human acts, sin, conversion, law, conscience and virtues
General ethics
Two types of special ethics and give examples for each
Personal-bioethics, love, sexuality
social-politics,anthropology,economics
Sources of Christian ethics
Sacred Scriptures or Bible
sacred tradition
magisterium of the church (teachings of the church)
Methods of teaching moral theology
Revelation/faith/sacred Scriptures
Reason
Veritas in Caritate
Truth in love
Goals of Christian ethics
Ultimate
proximate
intermediate
What is the ultimate goal of Christian ethics
To be with God (perfection of divine Sonship)
What is the proximate goal of Christian ethics
continuing conversion
What is the intermediate goal of Christian ethics
To become moral adult
A science that seeks to understand and forever re-articulate the life-giving gospel of God in Jesus Christ
Theology
What are the basic attitudes we must acquire
Metanoia
interiority of the heart and soul
three theological values
infinite dynamism
A basic attitude- saying yes to good or love and saying no to bad, evil and wrong
Metanoia
An attitude that means sincerity
coherence of words and deeds
Interior three of the heart/soul
What are the three theological values
Faith hope and love
Basic attitude that refers to forgetting the past, living at present, and thinking about the future
Not to wallow in the past and not stopping to do good, always becoming better
Infinite dynamism
What are the characteristics of Christian ethics/evangelical morality
Christian ethics is Christ’ ethics
Christian ethics is interior ethics
Christian ethics is religious ethics
Christian ethics is centered on love
What are the types of Christian ethics is Christ’ ethics
Follow Christ – the total Norm
follow the total Christ
Christ lives
What does follow the total Christ means
Continue to do good even do something bad happened
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