Christian Ethics for Everyday Life

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Christian theology can be defined as the theology of the believes, and practices of Christian People. Christian ethics is one of the main branches that come under Christian Theology. The behaviour of the people is defined through a Christian perspective in order to define virtuous and wrong behaviour. Systematic theology (moral theology) is the discipline that defines Christian theology in an orderly rational manner. The virtues are the traits or qualities which organize people to conduct them in a morally high-quality manner. The virtues in Christian theology are divided into two main categories.

Cardinal virtues

Theological virtues 

Cardinal virtues are the basic virtues required to have a virtuous life. Ambrose who was a theologian used these cardinal virtues in the Commentary on Luke. Cardinal virtues questions about the way in which the rich should act towards the poor, women are to be treated and the morality of war. There are four cardinal virtues. 

Prudence/ wisdom

Fortitude/ courage

Temperance/ Self-control

Justice/ fairness/ righteousness 

Theological virtues relates with salvation following-on the Grace of the God. There are three theological virtues as,

Faith 

Hope 

Charity/ love

The moral character of the God inspires the followers of Christianity to be morally good. The moral standards encourage human beings to be virtuous (to love, to be holy, to be merciful and to be truthful). The purpose of the bible is to teach us the ways in which we should live a life that is morally acceptable by the God.

The explanation about ‘sin’ is a vastly described topic in the Bible. Wilful sin may bring harmful consequences to your life. One could pray daily for the forgiveness of their sins. There are seven deadly sins/ cardinal sins in Christian ethics. They are, pride, greed, wrath, envy, lust, gluttony and sloth. These are the opposites of the seven heavenly virtues. Christian ethics is mostly discussed in relation to the applied ethics.

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