CHRISTIAN ETHICAL BEHAVIOR

Christian Ethical Behavior

Christian Ethical Behavior

To abstract particular moral teachings in Christianity from religious beliefs and experiences is to distort a proper understanding of Christian ethics. Beliefs about God and God's relations to nature, humans, historical events, and the final end of all things play crucial roles. Beliefs about the person and work of Jesus Christ affect not only the authority of moral teachings but also judgments about the human condition and its prospects. Statements about sin, its depth and extent, have effects. Doctrines that define the nature and purposes of the Church influence ethics. Theological doctrines support ...