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Assignment on Christian Ethics

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1CHRISTIAN ETHICSIntroductionThe Christian ethics can only be understood when one has a sound knowledge of the termChristian and ethics. It is known by almost all the people that those who follow the teachings ofJesus Christ are known as Christians. The values and principles that are considered in the lives ofChristians are Christian ethics. These are core values and teachings of Jesus, in which he taughthis followers about the conduct and way of life they should lead. According to Christianity theemphasis was always on love and sacrifice. A fundamentalist Christian though puts a lotemphasis on personal salvation. Ethics are often defined as moral values or standards of conductof human beings. Christians follow their holy book bible that acts as their moral guidance. Bibletells Christians how their conduct should be in the society and from what all things they arerequired to refrain themselves. Christian ethics puts a lot emphasis on sinners, people whocommit sins, that is basically the unethical practices and the judgment and punishment.According to Christianity, on the day of judgment all the sinners will be punished and those whorighteously led their lives will get salvation. In Christian ethics salvation is very important. It isbelieved by Christians that deliverance from sins is brought by having faith in Christ andfollowing his teachings (Wadell, 2016).Christianity and PoliticsAs far as politics is considered in Christianity, it is very important to look back in thehistory. According to Christian belief church is being separated from religion but looking at itwith historical perspective it can be seen that is very difficult to separate church from thepolitics. After the roman emperor Constantine into Christianity, the church gained Christendom,a power where it could create the king of the state and could also dethrone the king or the
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2CHRISTIAN ETHICSemperors if they do not perform their duties as per the church. All the people of the society werebe considered as Christian and so the church interfered in politics. The present secular states arethe result of Protestantism (Outka, 2017). According to Christian Political Ethicsthat has the views of some of the famous Christianscholars from different theological and ethical frame mainly the Catholic, Lutheran, Calvinist,and Anabaptist--to address fundamental questions of state and civil society, international law andrelations, the part of the nation, and matters of violence and its control. It represents a uniquefusion of faith-centered ethics and social science; the contributors give their different personalChristian understandings, they describe the ethics as they understand it, that is both secularethical thought and other some religious viewpoints from Judaism, Islam, and Confucianism.They look into different Christian views of state and society--and the limitations of each. Theygrab tensions that are raised within Christianity over issue of patriotism, civic duty, and loyaltyto one's nation, and they examine Christian responses to pluralism and relativism, globalization,and war and peace. It shows the striking pluralism that lies within Christianity itself. This leadingvolume shows the meanings of Christian citizenship and civic responsibility, and raisescompelling new questions about civil disobedience, global justice, and Christian justifications forwaging war as well as spreading world peace. It brings Christian political ethics out of thechurches and seminaries to deal with the most sensitive and complex social issues ofcontemporary society. The source of most of Christian ethics is bible. For Christians bible hasbeen the most appropriate to teaching, reapproving, correcting, and training Christians inrighteousness (Raheb, 2014).Earlier the Old testament was the guiding book for the people, the books of the oldtestament guides the actions of the people and their actions, a lot of rules have been mentioned in
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3CHRISTIAN ETHICSthe old testament regarding marriage and how people should lead their lives. Old Testament hasthe Ten Commandments found in the book of Exodus that is still considered as the basis ofChristian ethics (Niebuhr, 2013).The Ten Commandments are the basis of Christian ethicsAccording to the New Testament, which in which the basis ofmoralityis theGreatCommandment, everyone should love and adore God with all heart, mind, might and soul, and tolove one's neighbor as oneself.The teachings of Deut 6:4-9andLev 19:18, are reaffirmed byJesus. Christ put together all these commands and represented himself as a model of the loverequired as mentioned inJohn 13:12, which is known also asThe New Commandment. Paul isone of the most important source of Christian history because he was an Apostle in his gospels
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