CAPITAL PUNISHMENT

AND EUTHANASIA
 CAPITAL PUNISHMENT

Or death penalty where in a person

punished for his or her capital sin by
death goes again the Cristian belief that
life is given by god that should not
taken away by any person
 EUTHANASIA
- Mercy killing is considered immoral
since it entails taking away what has
been given by god another reason why
the church against euthanasia is the
belief that people have no right to
interrupt the natural process of dying
and that the period just before death is a
reflective spiritual movement
TH
DEATH PENALTY
•All guilty people deserve to be punished
•Only guilty people deserve to be
punished
•Guilty people deserve to be punished in
proportion to the severity of their crime
 SEXUALITY
• The issue of sexuality has always been a
controversial one for the catholic church,
its conservative view of human sexuality, it
has often found itself in conflict with
progressive and liberating ideas with
regards to certain issue connected to
sexuality such as artificial contraception,
absorption and homosexuality
Another issue with regards to sexuality is that it
refers to erotic activity with another of the same
sex. males who are attracted to males are called
gays, while female attracted to females are
called lesbian. In Cristian line of thinking,
homosexuality should not be practiced since it is
not in accordance to god’s plan. the church does
not allow same sex marriage and vocal in
opposing homosexual relationship
 4 ASPECT OF SEXUALITY

•BIOLOGICAL GENDER
•GENDER ROLE
•GENDER IDENTITY SEXUAL
ORICTATION
•SEXUAL ORICTATION
 FAMILY AND DIVORCE
• The Christian vireo on marriage is based on Mathew
19:6 “he who made man from the beginning, made
them male and female. And he said: for this cause
shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave
to his wife, and they two shall be in one flesh .
Therefore now they are not two, but one flesh. What
therefore god hath joined together, let no man put
asunder”
 REASON OF DIVORCE

• COMMITMENT
• INFIDELITY
• CONFLICT AND ARGUING
• MARRYING TO YOUNG
• FINANCIAL PROBLRM SUBSTANCE ABUSE
• DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
 ECOMENISM

• We have discussed how Christianity’s unity was challenged

when certain sects decided to break away from it, beginning
with Greek orthodox church and Protestantism, and later with
the numerous Christian sects that were formed. To address the
issues of promoting unity among all Christians and non-
Christians alike,
• Ecomenism can also be described as the promotion of
worldwide Christian unity (brod 2003) it is based on Vatican II’s
decree on ecumenism which states that:
LENT
• Lent refers to the season observed by Christians in
preparation for the easter, a celebration of the
resurrection of Christ. Ash Wednesday signals the
start of the season of lent, which begins 40 days
before easter. It is a time for prayer, sacrifice and good
work as away of remembering the life, death and
resurrection of Jesus. The word lent comes from the
Anglo. Saxon words Lenten, meaning “spring” and
lentenid, which means “spring tide” and also the word
for “march” the meth when easter is usually
celebrated
 PENTECOST
• Pentecost is celebrated as a holiday to
commemorate the coming of the holy spirit on the
early Christian. The word Pentecost comes from the
Greek word Pentekostos, which means “fifty”
pertaining to the Jewish holiday celebrated every
fifty days from the end of passever to the beginning
of the next holiday (also know as shavvet.)the event
was recorded in the new testament in the apostles.
Chapter2, they were said to be failed with the holy
spirit which enabled them to speak other languages.
After which peter stood up and delivered his first
sermon.
 3 THINGS HAPPENEDDD
AT PENTECOST

•JESUS DIE
•COME BACK TO LIFE
•ASCED TO HEAVEN
 SUBDIVISIONS OF CHRISTIANITY

• Prier to the reign of emperor Constantine who declared him self

a Christian in 312 CE., Christian where persecuted under roman
emperors Christianity was only legalized in 313 C.E, upon
Constantine’s declaration of the edict of Milan, which declared
equality among all religion after defeating his opponents and
becoming the sole leader of the roman empire in 324 C.E,
emperor Constantine made Christianity the official religion of the
empire and sough to end all doctrinal arguments on Christianity.
CHRISTIANITY IS BROADLY SPLIT INTO 3
BRANCHES

•CHATOLIC
•PROTESTANT
•(EASTHERN)ORTHODOX
 APOSTLES CREED

• Is believed to have developed in the lbb or 200

C.E and was influenced later by the nicen creed.
A letter written by the council of Milan in 300
C.E is the earliest historical evidence of the
existence of the apostle’s creed. It is most
written by the apostle’s themselves but it serves
as a summary of their basic tenchings.
 APOSTLE CREED

I BELIEVE IN GOD, THE FATHER ON THE THIRD DAY HE ROSE AGAIN;

ALMIGHTY, HE ASCENDED INTO HEAVEN ,
CREATOR OF HEAVEN AND EARTH, HE IS SEATED AT THE RIGTH HAND OF
I BELIEVE IN JESUS CHRIST, GOD’S THE FATHER ,
ONLY SON, OUR LORD, ADND HE WILL COME TO JUDE THE
WHO WAS CONCEIVED BY THE HOLY LIVING AND THE DEAD ,
SPIRIT, IBELIEVE IN THE HOLY SPIRIT ‘
BORN OF THE VIRGIN MARY, THE HOLY CATHOLIC CHURCHTHE
SUFFERED UNDER PONTIUS PILATE, COMMUNICATION OF SAINT
WAS CRUCIFIED,DIED,AND WAS THE FORGIVENESS OF SINS,
BURIED; THE RESSURECTION OF THE BODY,
HE DESCENDED TO THE DEAD, AND THE LIFE EVERLASTING AMEN.
 STORY OF CREATION VS BIG BANG THEORY
• The story of creation , which narrates how god created the
universe in six day, is found in genesis 1 of the old testament it
narrates how god created light and darkness on the fist day; the
sky and ocean on the second day; the earth and plants on the third
day; the sun, moon, stars on the fourth day; the sea creatures,
land, animals, and bird on the fifth day; and finally the first man
and woman on the sixth day, after which he rested on the seventh
day, science also has its own theories on how the universe began.
One of the most controversial is the big bang theory which is
sometimes explain in relation to the story of creation according to
the bible
 EIGHT BEATITUDES
• The beatitudes comprise what is known as “sermon on the mount” recorded in
Mathew 5-7, the beatitudes refers to the eight saying of Jesus at the beginning of
the “sermon on the mount” here are the eight beatitudes mention in Mathew 5-
7:
and seeing the multitudes, he went up into a mountain; and when he was
set, his disciples came unto him;
blessed are the poor in spirit; for theirs is the kingdom of heaven,
blessed are they that mourn; for they shall be comforted ,
blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth,
blessed are they which do hunger and righteousness; for they shall be filled,
blessed are the merciful; for they shall obtain mercy,
blessed are the pure hearth ; for they shall see god,
blessed are the peacemakers; for they shall be called the children of god

blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness sake; for theirs
is the kingdom of heaven,
blessed are ye, when men shell relive you, and persecute you, and
shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake, rejoice, and
be exceeding glad; for great is your reward in heaven; for so persecuted
they prophets which were before you
MATHEW 5:1-12,
NEWTESTAMENT KING JAMES
VERSION
TEN COMMANDMENTS
1.”I AM THE LORD YOUR GOD, who brought you out of the land of
Egypt, out of the house of bondage, you shall have no other gods
before me ,
2.’you shall not make for your self a craved image, or any likeness of
anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or
that is in the water under the earth; you shall not bow down to them
or serve them. For I, the lord your god, am a jealous god, visiting the
iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and fourth
generation of those who hate me; but showing mercy to thousands to
those who love me and keep my commandments;
3.” you shall not take the name of the lord in vain. for the lord will not
hold guiltless who take his name in vain ”
4.”remember the sabbath day to keep it holy, six days you shall labor and do all
your work, but the seventh day is the sabbath of the lord your son. In it you
shall do no work; nor your son, nor your daughter, nor your male servant, nor
your female servant, nor your cattle, or your stranger who is within your gates.
For in six days the lord made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is
in them, and rested the seventh day. Therefore the lord blessed the sabbath
day and hallowed it”.
5.”honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long upon the
land which the lord your god is giving you”
6.”You shall murder”
7.”you shall not steal”
8.”you shall not commit adultery”
9.”you shall not bear false witness against you neighbor”
10.”you shall not covert your neighbor’s house; you shall not cavent your
neighbor’s wife, nor his male servant nor his female servant, nor his donkey,
nor anything that is your neighbor’s”