Explain how a Christian reaches a Moral decision [25] Christians make decisions on ethical issues‚ based on the the source of authority they deem the most important. The importance of each source is reliant upon their denomination; if they are a Roman Catholic‚ Orthodox or Liberal Christian - to name only a few. For a Catholic‚ the main source of authority is Church teachings’. Authority‚ of course comes from the Bible; however‚ the Catholic Magisterium has the ultimate say on how it is interpreted
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Final Exam Study Guide 2014 Instructions. Use quizzes‚ notes‚ power points‚ and class discussions to answer the following questions and define the following terms. I. Terms to know Abstinence Agape Ascension Barabbas Blasphemy Chastity Chief Priest Communion of Persons Concupiscence Crucifixion Dignity Evangelist Freedom Jerusalem Gethsemane Golgotha Incarnation Justification Last Supper Love Lust Naked without shame Objective truth Original innocence Original nakedness
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affectionate actions towards other humans‚ one ’s self or animals.[3] Ancient Greeks identified four forms of love: kinship or familiarity (in Greek‚ storge)‚ friendship (philia)‚ sexual and/or romantic desire (eros)‚ and self-emptying or divine love (agape).[4][5] Modern authors have distinguished further varieties of romantic love.[6] Non-Western traditions have also distinguished variants or symbioses of these states.[7] This diversity of uses and meanings combined with the complexity of the feelings
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Marriage is a voluntary union between a man and a woman to the exclusion of all others; also known as Holy Matrimony. Some churches regard marriage as a sacrament such as the Catholic Church‚ partly due to Jesus supporting the wedding in Cana of Galilee as described in the Gospels John 2:1-12. Christians believe that marriage is a gift from God‚ one that should not be taken for granted. The rituals of a typical marriage ceremony in chronological order are: Opening song‚ bridal procession‚ giving
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There are 4 different major Love types‚ brought to us by the ancient greek. All 4 types stand for a different kind of love‚ whether it is the love we usually think of when we hear the word love or the kind of love parents have for their children. Agapé (ἀγάπη): This kind of love stands for the love a young boy might have for a young girl. It is the love we automatically think of when someone mentiones “loving someone”. It is also described as the “romantic
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If you were terminally ill would you want to end your life? Euthanasia comes from a Greek meaning ‘pleasant death’ this is the act of deliberately ending a person’s life to relieve suffering. Euthanasia can be classified in different ways. Active Euthanasia is when a person deliberately ends someone’s life‚ for example by injecting them with a large dose of medication such as barbiturate‚ paralytic‚ and potassium solution. Passive euthanasia is where a person causes death withholding or with drawing
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doing something other than being home. She made sure that church was a big part of our lives because‚ with God’s love‚ we would always survive‚ no matter the predicament. The same church I grew up in is the same church where I attend Sunday services —Agape Christian Center. From what I have been told‚ my mom used to take my brother and I to church every Sunday while he was a toddler and I was a new born. As we aged‚ we found that Sunday wouldn’t be our only day in church; we found that Tuesdays were
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Fathers should be present in their children’s lives. My father‚ though a teenager at the time of my birth‚ was not present in mine. As I was growing up‚ my grandparents did the best they could to try to fill the void‚ but without a normal familial structure I struggled to find a suitable replacement. While I did not see my mother often‚ I did see her on weekends. During one of these weekends‚ I witnessed my mother get married to a man named William. William had not been a father before‚ and‚ at just
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oral presentation.] At the end of my speech‚ the audience will know how to approach the social issue of the failure to love adequately Central Idea: Much of our problem in the modern world is a problem of love in all its aspects - Eros‚ Libido‚ Agape‚ Philia. Introduction: [About 10% of speaking time.] I. Attention Getter: The irony with the youth of today’s generation is that even when they become romantically involved with a certain person or a certain project‚ they have the abnormal ability
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Dulcitious by Hrotsvitha revolves around the concepts of Christianity and sexuality in the middle ages. This review will analyze three articles that tie these concepts together. The first article being evaluated is Sex on the Stage of an Early Medieval Convent. The main argument being expressed deals with Hrotsvitha’s “goals to replace the secular‚ erotic‚ topics… and to instruct her audience to pursue a monastic way of life with all their strength‚ by way of indirect participation as audience
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