Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Theonomous Approach To Christian Ethics
- Bible as the Only source of authority
- Biblicist or fundamentalist view. Often classed as slightly naïve
- Man has an agenda and so we are fallible
- Due to original sin we are also at fault
- However there were over 40 authors
and it was written over a period of
1500 years
- They believe that God is the only source of moral authority
- He is infallible and the bible contains all that we
need. For example the 10 commandments which
are routed in the covenant to Abraham
- Sermon on the mount does
not only give guidance,
rather it gives us a way to
live our lives
- Literalism and Interpretation
- should we apply
anything
situationally
- Notion that Gods word is revealed to the reader through the Bible.
- "if your right eye
turns to sin, tear it
out and throw it
away." Matthew 5:29
- This poses a very large
problem for the literal
interpretation of the
Bible
- Karl Barth
- says that if you take it literally you idolise it, he called this bibliolotry.
- He said that the bible is the witness to the
word. They are not led by him and there may
be symbolism
- We need to use our
reason to interpret the
bible, to understand
whether it is literal,
symbolic or metaphorical
- Dealing with Contradictions
- Biblicists
- Believe that Jesus is
preparing us for the
Kingdom of God
- Similarly as to the prophets of the old testament
- Other Christians
- For example non-Biblicists like Martin Luther
- Pacifism and
non-violence of
Jesus' moral duty to
follow the love of
Christ
- Contradicitions
show that
reasons should
be used and
applied because
if we do not then
it is almost
impossible to
follow a fully
Biblicist view
- Through reason we are able to
use God's teachings in all
situations.
- This allows us to fully engage with the
ethical principles of Christianity or other
religions in accordance to their teachings