Summative Study 5/1/2015

Summative Study

1       1. Catholic Christian views on abortion

From the standpoint of the Catholic Church, abortion is strictly prohibited and it believes that abortion is immoral. By determining who lives and who dies you are playing the role of God which defies the Ten Commandments. The church sees all life, whether born or unborn as vital and that it deserves to live a full life and die a natural death. The church believes that life begins the moment the egg is fertilized.

Saunders, William. “The Catholic Church and Abortion” www.catholicnewsagency.com

Part 2:

     a.) The meaning in this passage is that Catholicism is the true religion and in order to be saved, you must hold the catholic faith. He goes on to say if you do not hold the catholic faith, you will perish. In addition he goes on to describe what it takes to be catholic. In order to practice Catholicism righteously, you must worship the whole trinity, the trinity in unity, and never confound the trinity, meaning never question it or not believe it.

   b.) In order for a Christian to attain salvation first he must accept Christ into his life. He must live his life in such a way that is pleasing to God and that follows the Ten Commandments. If one does this and lives a holy live full of prayer and relief from sins he will be on track to reaching salvation. A key factor that decides if you will reach salvation is if you truly allow God into your life. As described in the quote from the Athanasian Creed, in order to fully let God in your life you must worship him as a trinity. The implications of this are that the trinity itself is hard to comprehend but you must have faith and not confound the meaning of the trinity if you want to truly let God into your life and ultimately reach salvation.