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    1. 5.1 Morality: A Response to Gods Love Chapter 5 Sin and Morality Harcourt Religion

    2. 5.2 Chapter Overview Two images of sin that are frequently used in Scripture are missing the mark and hardness of heart. In Christianity the primary message about sin is one of forgiveness. Distinction among types of sin is intended to help people overcome sin. Social sin refers to behavior patterns, values, and social structures that encourage or support sin in a society.

    3. V5.1 Vocabulary Sin (p. 83): An offense against God and an action contrary to his law of love; purposely doing wrong. Original sin (p. 90): Disobedience against God by the first human beings. This sin marks all human beings as needing the salvation brought about through Christ. Venial sin (p. 91): An action that weakens our relationship with God.

    4. V5.2 Vocabulary Mortal sin (p. 91): An action so destructive that it mortally wounds our relationship with God; complete rejection of God. Sin of omission (p. 91): Not doing an action that is called for. Sin of commission (p. 91): Purposely doing an action that is harmful to oneself or another.

    5. V5.3 Vocabulary Culpability (p. 91): The degree to which people are responsible for their actions. Hell (p. 91): The state of definitive self-exclusion from communion with God and the blessed, reserved for those who refuse by their own free choice to believe and be converted from sin, even to the end of their lives. (Catechism, Glossary) Apathy (p. 94): An attitude of not getting involved, not caring, not acting when action is called for.

    6. V5.4 Vocabulary Social sin (p. 96): A term comparable to structures of sin referring to sinful structures resulting from personal sin and leading to social conditions and institutions that do not embody Gods law of love. Sinful social structures (p. 96): Ways societies are structured resulting in unjust distribution of power, benefits, and privileges.

    7. 5.3 Review 1. What does the story of Adam and Eve indicate about a Christian understanding of sin? 2. How does the story of Jesus respond to and complete the Adam and Eve story? 3. Name two biblical images used for sin.

    8. 5.4 Review 4. What modern tendency did Karl Menninger caution against? What are the two negative consequences that can result from this tendency? How does Christian teaching counteract this tendency? 5. In the Gospels, what association is frequently made in discussions about sin? 6. What is the essential message about sin in the Christian story?

    9. 5.5 Review 7. Define original sin. 8. What is the difference between mortal sin and venial sin? 9. Describe mortal sins and venial sins in terms of relationship.

    10. 5.6 Review 10. What does it mean to say that sin is a statement about the way we treat our relationship with God; it does not describe Gods relationship with us.? Name the five characteristics of a Gospel-based perspective on sin. 11. Define apathy.

    11. 5.7 Review 12. What is the difference between a vertical and a horizontal view of God? 13. Name three expressions of social sin. 14. Define the concept of sinful social structures.

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