5th commandment

What is the 5th commandment?

• Have no false gods

• You shall not kill

• You shall not lie

• Honor your father and mother

What is the positive obligation associated with the 5th commandment?

• respect and protect all life

• apply the principle of double-effect

• read the Bible

• follow local laws

an action is morally just insofar as it upholds the...

What is the Consistent Ethic of Life?

• a worldview that promotes the protection of lives that are beneficial to society

• the idea that Christians must be consistently ethical for their whole lives in order to get to Heaven

• the philosophy that an action is moral if it results in the greatest good for the greatest number

• the philosophy that every human life has dignity and therefore must be protected in every situation

The analogy used to help us visualize the consistent ethic of life is:

• a peaceful forest

• a statue of Pope John Paul II

• a seamless garment

• a ripple effect in water

The Seamless Garment calls the Church and all her members to:

• feel more and think less

• apply a Consistent Ethic of Life from conception to natural death

• stop buying clothes made in sweatshops (thus the garment title)

• read the Bible daily

Which of the following are the steps the Church uses to discern what to teach?

• Use human reason to understand God's Revelation

• Read the Bible in a completely literal sense

• Accept what God has revealed (through Scripture, Tradition, and the natural law)

• Use logic to infer additional truth

• Follow the gut feeling of the Pope

True or False: Self-defense is against the 5th commandment

• True

• False

True or False: if I am being attacked, I can respond with as much force as I want for as long as I want

• True

• False