Short Answer Flashcards
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The seven themes if modern catholic social teaching
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- Rights and responsibilities
Human dignity must be protected
A healthy comm can only be achieved if human rights are protected and responsibilities are met
- Option for the poor and vulnerable
Basic moral test of a society is to see how the vulnerable people are treated
- Solidarity
We are all in their together - economic, ethnic, racial, ideology
- Care for gods creation
Show our respect, being good stewards
Write out Thomas aquinas quote in natural moral law found in CCC #1955
The natural law is nothing other than the lift of understanding placed in us by god; through it we know what we must do and what we must avoid. God has given this light or law at the creation
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Freedom is the power rooted in reason and will, to act or not to act, to do this or that, and so to perform deliberate actions on ones own responsibility
Identify and explain 4 points in of human dignity
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God calls people to serve him in spirit and truth
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God regards our dignity, which he created
factors that pope jp2 feels accountable for violence in our world
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2.Breakdown of family and comm life
- many fans are left with problems which cause pressure to build up which can lead to violence
3.Social and economic probs
- are many forms of hidden violence that can spill over into explicit violence. Poverty is number one reason and violence against women
5 precepts of church
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Attend mass on Sundays
Participate in Eucharist. Gather as comm
Eucharist at least once a year
Connects us to feast and liturgies
Four reasons us bishops call for abolition of death penalty
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- abolition sends the message that we can break the cycle of violence
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- shows our belief in the worth and dignity of each person at the moment of conception
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- shows that God is indeed the Lord of Life
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- in line with teachings of Jesus who practiced forgiveness
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The 7 gifts of the HS
Wisdom Understanding Counsel (right judgement) Fortitude (courage) Knowledge Piety (reverence) Fear of the Lord (Wonder and Awe)