creation

• what is Laudato si

  - letter from pope, all protect earth as God's gift, "care for our common home"
• Catholic interpretation of Genesis

  portrays complicated truths not meant to be taken literally,

  - God made everything

  - everything is good

  - humans high point of creation

  "big bang does not contradict the divine act of creating but rather requires it"
• what do fundamentalists believe about Genesis

  every word in the bible true should be no alteration, don't belive in evolution belive in a young earth
• science and religion

  - Vatican 2 science and religion go hand in hand

  - own observatory to help push science

  Jean Baptiste - evolution

  Friar Mendel - pioneered genetics
• natural law

  - moral principles instilled in humans

  - God made everything good

  - existence depends on God.
• primary precepts

  P- protect the young

  O- order society

  W- worship God

  E- educate children

  R- reproduce
• sustainability and development goals

  sustainability - whole world working in balance use resources at a rate they can be replaced.

  sustainable development goals - no poverty, no hunger, quality education
• CAFOD

  care for environment and all aspects of creation can be stewards build a more just world so "others can simply live"
• caring for the environment

  - universe is sustained by God in an outflow of love

  - gift of creation is holy shouldn't be harmed "the world is a gift we have freely received and must be shared with others".

  - show love for God by valuing what he has created. care for neighbours environment.

  - lead to constructed action

  - must accept interdependence with the rest of creation.

  - pressure of businesses and government and recycle.
• magisterium

  Teaching authority of the Church
• 19th century art work

  - stained glass

  - shows blessing in Genesis 2

  - animals behind people

  - importance of humanity but also need God
• Hand of God art work

  - Hildreth Meire

  - lines show omnipresence

  - hand larger than clouds shows all powerful.

  - always creating
• creation of Adam art work

  - humans dependant on God

  - perfect man "very good"

  - reached fingers show closeness still bent as requires God

  - God's beard --> eternal

  - similar physic to man shows man in "God's image"

  -surrounded my angles shows transcendent
• disagree with creation of Adam

  _ genesis says Adam came from the dust and "breathe of life" not from being touched

  - same size could show equal
• FOR art work

  expresses ideas that can't be shown through words
• AGAINST art work

  limited in what it can show
• what does Genesis 1 show

  - poem shows Gods creation

  - God as father, son as word, spirit as "spirit of God hovering over the waters".

  - omnipotent creates things form nothing

  - shows importance of humanity and stewardship "human kind made in his image"
• what does Genesis 2 show

  - focuses on Adam and Eve

  - creates them from dust shows precious "breathe of life".

  - gives man free will to choose him

  - animals presented to Adam shows authority and responsibility.

  - Eve and Adam become "one flesh"

  "formed man from dust of the ground"

  "bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh"
• Bible as the word of God


  through the bible God speaks to people

  - holy spirit inspires people to read the word of God

  - Christians should be guided by the bible

  - Gods own spirit shared to human beings through Genesis

  - Jesus = word of God made flesh
• old testament


  Old testament

  - law - 10 commandments

  - history - lessons

  - wisdom - prayers, psalms

  - prophets - people sent by God
• New testament

  - gospel - Matthew, mark, Luke, john

  -act apostles - events in early church

  - epistles - live like Jesus

  - revelations - final coming of Christ
• significance of creation stories for Catholics

  stewardship - respect creation as a gift, God omnipotent all creation is an expression of himself look after environment.

  
  

  dignity of humanity - made in image and likeness, all humans equal and share in image of God, every person has dignity

  
  

  sanctity of life - all creation holy and blessed by God, especially human life God is the creator as life begins from contraception so shouldn't be harmed, human life should not be misused or abused.