love as the only principle

Cards (6)

  • What are the two greatest commandments
    "Love God and Love your neighbour as yourself " - Only two commandments you should follow when making ethical decisions
  • Which two bible passages contain Jesus's teachings on love
    mark 12:31
    Luke 6:35
  • What did Rudolf Bultmann say about love
    Challenge of Christian moral behaviour is to move beyond laws and judgements to forgiveness based on love - ‘God is love‘
  • What did Reinhold Niebuhr say
    “The ultimate law of life is love “ - Human reason to decide how to apply that command rather than follow a list or rules
  • How did Dietrich Bonhoeffer demonstrate agape
    Went against ‘do not kill ‘ to assassinate Adolf Hitler which shows breaking laws out of love is good in some situations - if succeeded then could have prevented millions of deaths
  • How did Jesus demonstrate breaking laws out of love
    Jesus healing on the sabbath