Tuesday, March 27, 2007
Wednesday, March 14, 2007
Freshmen: Test Study Guide
1. Please make sure you have completed all the reading through Thursday night. Questions will be based on the reading, but primarily from the notes.
2. Know the geography of Israel. Where Judea, Samaria, and Galilee are located. The Dead Sea, Jordan River, and Sea of Galilee, know where they are located. Know the information regarding the geography.
3. Know the information on contextual criticism.
4. Be able to identify where the most likely places for archeological sites are located. Where is it that we are more than likely to find an ancient city, town, civilization? Why?
5. Know the details presenting in both the First story of Genesis, and the Second story of Genesis. You should be able to identify which 'editor' wrote which story and how we are able to tell that (their traits). You should also be able to identify major characteristics of the story.
6. Know the traditional arguments as to why women are regarded as inferior to man, based upon Genesis 1 and Genesis 2. Know then, the counter arguments.
7. Know why Eve should not be considered completely culpable for the act of eating the fruit from the tree.
2. Know the geography of Israel. Where Judea, Samaria, and Galilee are located. The Dead Sea, Jordan River, and Sea of Galilee, know where they are located. Know the information regarding the geography.
3. Know the information on contextual criticism.
4. Be able to identify where the most likely places for archeological sites are located. Where is it that we are more than likely to find an ancient city, town, civilization? Why?
5. Know the details presenting in both the First story of Genesis, and the Second story of Genesis. You should be able to identify which 'editor' wrote which story and how we are able to tell that (their traits). You should also be able to identify major characteristics of the story.
6. Know the traditional arguments as to why women are regarded as inferior to man, based upon Genesis 1 and Genesis 2. Know then, the counter arguments.
7. Know why Eve should not be considered completely culpable for the act of eating the fruit from the tree.
Tuesday, March 6, 2007
UPDATED INFORMATION: Both Freshmen & Sophomores
Gentlemen:
Because of the change in schedule tomorrow, please pay attention to the following updates:
FRESHMEN:
Periods 1, 2, & 6: Test will take place on Thursday during class. Please bring your service project essays to class with you.
Period 8: Test will take place on Friday during class. Please bring your service project essays to class with you.
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SOPHOMORES:
Both Periods 3 & 7: Test will take place on Thursday during class. Period 7: please bring your extra credit with you to class Thursday.
SERVICE ESSAYS: Due Monday, March 12, 2007. Thank you.
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Thank you.
Mr. McGravey
Because of the change in schedule tomorrow, please pay attention to the following updates:
FRESHMEN:
Periods 1, 2, & 6: Test will take place on Thursday during class. Please bring your service project essays to class with you.
Period 8: Test will take place on Friday during class. Please bring your service project essays to class with you.
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SOPHOMORES:
Both Periods 3 & 7: Test will take place on Thursday during class. Period 7: please bring your extra credit with you to class Thursday.
SERVICE ESSAYS: Due Monday, March 12, 2007. Thank you.
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Thank you.
Mr. McGravey
Friday, March 2, 2007
FRESHMEN / SOPHOMORES: Service Project - 3rd Qtr.
Gentlemen:
Please find a copy of the time sheet as well as the essay available for your download at the following link:
http://stjoesreligion.wordpress.com/2007/02/22/sophomores-freshmen-service-project-documents/
** FRESHMEN: Please note that the second question has been updated.
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DUE DATES: <-- This has been updated as of 3/2/07. Please note the changes. The date on the question itself is incorrect. Please refer to the following changes:
1. [All] FRESHMEN: Thursday, February 8, 2007.
2. SOPHOMORES: Monday, February 12, 2007.
Please find a copy of the time sheet as well as the essay available for your download at the following link:
http://stjoesreligion.wordpress.com/2007/02/22/sophomores-freshmen-service-project-documents/
** FRESHMEN: Please note that the second question has been updated.
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DUE DATES: <-- This has been updated as of 3/2/07. Please note the changes. The date on the question itself is incorrect. Please refer to the following changes:
1. [All] FRESHMEN: Thursday, February 8, 2007.
2. SOPHOMORES: Monday, February 12, 2007.
Thursday, March 1, 2007
STUDY GUIDE: Freshmen / NO Sophomore
Different Kinds of Sin: According to St. Paul -- Vocabulary
Morality’s Development in Church History
- 2000+ year history: developed an evolved and complex moral code that originated w/its meditation on on the Scriptures & application of
- Legal
- Philosophical and
- Social norms
- Morality develops from questioning such things as the 10 Commandments & the message of the Prophets.
“Sterile moralism and sterilization of the sense of sin.”
– As adults, we begin to see morality on a different scale…
– We begin to see it as a way of life…
• All people live by some code - articulated by their culture or implicit in their lifestyle…they try to live by this in their community
• There is a basic framework for which people live
– The absence of a framework: brings not freedom, but chaos and anarchy.
• “Sins can be distinguished according to their objects, as can every human act…”
• “They can also be classed according to whether they concern God, neighbor, or oneself; they can be divided into spiritual and carnal, or again as sins in thought, word, deed, or omission…”
Mortal Sin:
• Destroys charity in the heart of man by a grave violation of God’s law
What is grave matter?
• It’s specified by the 10 Commandments:
• The gravity of sins is more or less great: murder is graver than theft.
• One must also take into account who is wronged: violence against parents is in itself graver than violence against a stranger.
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Christian Moral Life…
• Understand that Christianity is an “angle” as to how to view life…
• It’s a basic attitude & basic way of being in the world
• Not doing simply “what is right,” but living in the way Christ did/would
– Through weakness, disposition, distraction, immaturity, or malice, we may choose patterns of behavior that are not oriented toward the Gospel
Christian Realism
• - Demands that we recognize that we never fully live the Gospel; we only incline toward it through the process of conversion
– Ongoing conversion
• Look at the whole history of the Church: we realize that it hasn’t always lived up to the message of the Gospels
Historically:
• It took the long time for the Church to condemn slavery
• To reject racial injustice
• And to acknowledge injustices done to women in the Church…
The Church as Moral Teacher
• Declaration on Religious Freedom [Vatican II]:
• The Church states it has the right to
– “Give utterance to, and authoritatively teach, that truth which is Christ himself, and also to declare and confirm by her authority those principles of the moral order which have their origin in human nature itself.”
Understand the “Car Analogy” of the Church
• Take into account your own experiences:
– We have no reason to argue with the Church for insisting that the 10 Commandments be observed, even it, at times we don’t observe them.
– Nor should we have problems with the Church proposing a way of acting to which we find a kind of natural resistance.
• It’s difficult for a person to take up the idea of loving one’s enemy…but, we know it’s the voice of the gospel - so we try our best.
• History: There have been times when people have carried an act out b/c they didn’t see the evil within it.
– [Example:] Lending money (151)
Parallel to today…
• Catholic Church: only Christian denomination to forbid contraception at any and all times
• Ban on contraception: reaffirmed by Pope Paul VI, 1967 - then strongly reaffirmed by Pope JP II
Continued: Sexual Morality
• Approximately 85% of Catholics in N. America = do not agree with Church’s stance & a good majority of clergy disagree as well…
• Andrew Greeley, a social-theologian, states that this type of disagreement compromises the “moral authority of the Church”
FIRST
• Morality, cannot be determined by opinion polls
– The 85% of N. Americans who think it is moral, does not make it moral!
• We need to listen to the minority to make sure all sides of the story are heard in order to make a more rational decision
SECOND
• What the Church teaches - needs to be accepted with seriousness…
The Conscience
• After the individual person listens to the Church, and other moral sources, then one can make his/her own conscience
– Conscience is not the “little voice within your head”
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* Please reveiw the packet, especially paragraphs and definition dealing with the "Common Good" & Paragraph #2240.
* Please know the vocab. (as mentioned above).
Morality’s Development in Church History
- 2000+ year history: developed an evolved and complex moral code that originated w/its meditation on on the Scriptures & application of
- Legal
- Philosophical and
- Social norms
- Morality develops from questioning such things as the 10 Commandments & the message of the Prophets.
“Sterile moralism and sterilization of the sense of sin.”
– As adults, we begin to see morality on a different scale…
– We begin to see it as a way of life…
• All people live by some code - articulated by their culture or implicit in their lifestyle…they try to live by this in their community
• There is a basic framework for which people live
– The absence of a framework: brings not freedom, but chaos and anarchy.
• “Sins can be distinguished according to their objects, as can every human act…”
• “They can also be classed according to whether they concern God, neighbor, or oneself; they can be divided into spiritual and carnal, or again as sins in thought, word, deed, or omission…”
Mortal Sin:
• Destroys charity in the heart of man by a grave violation of God’s law
What is grave matter?
• It’s specified by the 10 Commandments:
• The gravity of sins is more or less great: murder is graver than theft.
• One must also take into account who is wronged: violence against parents is in itself graver than violence against a stranger.
**************************************
Christian Moral Life…
• Understand that Christianity is an “angle” as to how to view life…
• It’s a basic attitude & basic way of being in the world
• Not doing simply “what is right,” but living in the way Christ did/would
– Through weakness, disposition, distraction, immaturity, or malice, we may choose patterns of behavior that are not oriented toward the Gospel
Christian Realism
• - Demands that we recognize that we never fully live the Gospel; we only incline toward it through the process of conversion
– Ongoing conversion
• Look at the whole history of the Church: we realize that it hasn’t always lived up to the message of the Gospels
Historically:
• It took the long time for the Church to condemn slavery
• To reject racial injustice
• And to acknowledge injustices done to women in the Church…
The Church as Moral Teacher
• Declaration on Religious Freedom [Vatican II]:
• The Church states it has the right to
– “Give utterance to, and authoritatively teach, that truth which is Christ himself, and also to declare and confirm by her authority those principles of the moral order which have their origin in human nature itself.”
Understand the “Car Analogy” of the Church
• Take into account your own experiences:
– We have no reason to argue with the Church for insisting that the 10 Commandments be observed, even it, at times we don’t observe them.
– Nor should we have problems with the Church proposing a way of acting to which we find a kind of natural resistance.
• It’s difficult for a person to take up the idea of loving one’s enemy…but, we know it’s the voice of the gospel - so we try our best.
• History: There have been times when people have carried an act out b/c they didn’t see the evil within it.
– [Example:] Lending money (151)
Parallel to today…
• Catholic Church: only Christian denomination to forbid contraception at any and all times
• Ban on contraception: reaffirmed by Pope Paul VI, 1967 - then strongly reaffirmed by Pope JP II
Continued: Sexual Morality
• Approximately 85% of Catholics in N. America = do not agree with Church’s stance & a good majority of clergy disagree as well…
• Andrew Greeley, a social-theologian, states that this type of disagreement compromises the “moral authority of the Church”
FIRST
• Morality, cannot be determined by opinion polls
– The 85% of N. Americans who think it is moral, does not make it moral!
• We need to listen to the minority to make sure all sides of the story are heard in order to make a more rational decision
SECOND
• What the Church teaches - needs to be accepted with seriousness…
The Conscience
• After the individual person listens to the Church, and other moral sources, then one can make his/her own conscience
– Conscience is not the “little voice within your head”
******************************************************
* Please reveiw the packet, especially paragraphs and definition dealing with the "Common Good" & Paragraph #2240.
* Please know the vocab. (as mentioned above).
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