Christianity: Good Conduct and Key Moral Principles

What Christianity: Good Conduct and Key Moral Principles covers

Christianity: the principles governing conduct, and their application to life, war and the environment. Part of Component 2, sat only by students who take Christianity as their chosen religion.

The 6 subtopics

Each one has its own page.

• Justification and the Fruits of the SpiritRecall questions on what justification means, why conduct matters and the sources of guidance and the fruits of the Spirit.Open →
• Imputed Righteousness and PredestinationRecall questions on imputed righteousness, Luther's righteous and sinner at once and antinomianism, and on predestination, Calvinist doctrine, Arminius's disagreement and Weber's link with economic life.Open →
• Sanctity of Life and the UnbornRecall questions on what sanctity of life means, the belief underpinning it, and the use of Psalm 139 and Jeremiah 1:5.Open →
• Just War TheoryRecall questions on what just war theory is, the thinkers who developed it, and the conditions for going to war and for its likely outcome.Open →
• Dominion over CreationRecall questions on what the first creation account grants, what dominion means, and how it is read as licence or as responsibility.Open →
• Stewardship, Animals and the EnvironmentRecall questions on the biblical basis of stewardship, Christian teaching on animals including Linzey and animal rights, and environmental thought from Francis of Assisi to Laudato Si' and integral ecology.Open →

What you need to know

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Questions from this topic

Each one with the model answer underneath.

1. 1

   What is meant by justification in Christian theology?

   Model answer

   Being put right with God, so that a sinner is accepted as righteous before him.

2. 2

   Why does good moral conduct matter in the Christian way of life?

   Model answer

   It is the expected response to God's grace, the way love of neighbour is put into practice, and the visible witness that commends the faith to others.

3. 3

   Name three sources of guidance a Christian draws on for good conduct.

   Model answer

   The teaching and example of Jesus, the commandments and other scriptural teaching, and the guidance of the Church and of conscience.

4. 4

   What are the fruits of the Spirit?

   Model answer

   The qualities Paul says God's Spirit produces in a believer, including love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control.

5. 5

   State the doctrine of justification by works.

   Model answer

   What a person does, their obedience and their acts of love, genuinely contributes to their being accepted by God.

6. 6

   What does the letter of James say about faith and works?

   Model answer

   That faith without works is dead, and that a person is justified by what they do and not by faith alone.

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Christianity: Good Conduct and Key Moral Principles revision questions

What does Christianity: Good Conduct and Key Moral Principles cover in AQA A-Level Religious Studies?

6 subtopics: justification and the fruits of the spirit, imputed righteousness and predestination, sanctity of life and the unborn, just war theory, dominion over creation and stewardship, animals and the environment. Each one has its own page with questions and model answers.

How is Christianity: Good Conduct and Key Moral Principles organised?

By the AQA 7062 specification, subtopic by subtopic, so it matches the order you are taught it in.