Let's Go Back - Life and Dignity Review
This Scriptural basis for "Life and Dignity" and quote "You formed in my inmost being" is from where in Scripture
What is Psalm 139?
According to class discussions, life and personhood start at _____, when the egg and sperm fuse together to become a zygote.
What is conception or fertilization
True/False: In medieval times, the Catholic Church allowed for usage of the death penalty in certain cases to protect the public.
What is True
From class last week, this CST principle calls us to fulfill our right and duty participate in our society.
What is "Call to Family, Community, and Participation"?
Rapper Nicki Minaj alludes to having an abortion in this song early in her career.:
What is "Autobiography"?
What is personalistic norm.
The process by which egg and sperm come together through a clinical procedure, then is inserted in the women's uterus is called.....
What is IVF (in vitro fertilization)?
This man effectively changed the Catechism to call the death penalty "inadmissible" in 2018.
Who is Pope Francis?
For a valid sacramental marriage, it must be...
1)free
2)faithful
3)total
4)fruitful
This former NFL player was the host in the documentary "Divided Hearts of America"?
Who is Benjamin Watson?
This phrase from Cardinal Joseph Bernandin of Chicago calls us to see all life issues as one seamless garment, as they all go together.
What is consistent ethic of life
According to class discussions, why does abortion NOT meet the CST principle of "Life and Dignity of the Human Person"?
--- violation of the dignity and personhood of the unborn child/baby
---the baby has a sacred right to life
---the baby must be treated with love and respect to fulfill the personalistic norm
----God has a plan for that child
---the child belongs to God even more than the mother
Why does capital punishment NOT fulfill the CST principle of "Life and Dignity"?
---still violation of 5th Commandment "You shall not kill"
---we're trying to dissuade killing by killing
---no matter what we've done, we still have priceless dignity from God
---God is the sole master of life, so we can't take it
---life is a gift so we must protect it unconditionally
What are
1)unitive
2)procreative
This Italian teenager was declared "Blessed" by the Church in 2010 for having faced the pain of bone cancer with great love and courage.
Who is Blessed Chiara Luce Badano.
Describe in detail the CST principle of "Life and Dignity" of the Human Person. What does Jesus have to do with it?
--- call to personalistic norm (love people, use objects)
---we're sacred and worthy of respect and dignity womb to tomb
---life and personhood start at conception
---found in Scripture in Psalm 139, 5th Commandment ("Don't kill"), the Creation of man in Genesis 1-2
----we're made in image and likeness of God
---our value as humans comes from who we are, not what we've done
---the Son of God lived a human life womb to tomb, so we have dignity womb to tomb.
---"Life and Dignity" is the foundation for all of CST
DAILY DOUBLE: According to class discussions, why does cloning NOT meet the CST principle of "Life and Dignity"?
---violates personalistic norm
---we're not treating people with the dignity since they won't have the dignity of having biological parents
---we're putting ourselves in God's shoes - He's the sole master over life and death
---we should be made by the love of spouses, not in a lab
----disrespects the uniqueness of every human person
---humans should never been treated as a means to an end
---it's still a violation of the 5th Commandment "Don't kill"
---God is the sole author and giver of life, so it's not our place to take it
---suffering and death, while VERY DIFFICULT, are part of life
----they still have dignity and value because we're human beings, not human doings
---violates end-of-life ethics (help the dying person, not help the person die)
---Jesus lived a life womb to tomb, so even our death has meaning and worth - suffering can have purpose and power
According to CST principle of "Call to Family, Community, and Participation", what is the Church's understanding of marriage and family?
What is...
---marriage and family are the foundation of society
---we're called to uphold the nuclear family (man and women married with kids)
--- our model is the Holy Family (Jesus, Mary, Jospeh)
DAILY DOUBLE: In class this week, we read from Pope Francis's post-synodal apostolic exhortation "Joy of Love". What is the Latin title for "Joy of Love".
What is Amoris Laetitia?