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Catholic Christianity: Matters of Life and Death

  • 8 subtopics
  • 24 things to know
  • Paper 1
  • Paper 1, Religion and Ethics, for the religion studied in this area. Two of the three areas are taken, each through a different religion

What Catholic Christianity: Matters of Life and Death covers

Catholic Christianity: Matters of Life and Death is examined in Paper 1, Area of Study 1: Religion and Ethics, if Catholic Christianity is the religion studied for that area. A student who studies Catholic Christianity may not study Christianity in their other area. It covers Catholic responses to the origins and value of the universe, the sanctity of life in Catholic teaching, Catholic responses to evolution and survival of the fittest, Catholic teaching on abortion, Catholic arguments for life after death, Catholic responses to arguments against life after death, Catholic teaching on euthanasia and hospice care and Catholic responses to the environment and animal rights.

Where it is assessed

Paper 1

Area of Study 1, Religion and Ethics, if this is the religion studied for that area.

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The 8 subtopics

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What you need to know

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Who was Georges Lemaître, and why does his work matter to Catholics?

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How do Genesis 1:27 and Genesis 2:7 show that human life is sacred?

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What does the Catechism teach about human life, and how does sanctity of life differ from quality of life?

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What is assisted suicide, and what is its legal position in England and Wales?

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How does the Catholic Church respond to Darwin's theory of evolution?

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What is abortion?

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Why does the resurrection of Jesus lead Catholics to believe in life after death?

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What is the non-religious argument that belief in life after death is just a source of comfort?

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How do Catholics respond to pollution?

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How do Catholics respond to the Big Bang theory?

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Why do some atheists think survival of the fittest removes the need for God?

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What does the law in Great Britain say about abortion?

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What does Ephesians 2:1–6 teach about new life in Christ?

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How do Catholics respond to the claim that life after death is only a comforting belief?

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What is euthanasia?

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What does Laudato Si' teach about global warming?

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Who was Georges Lemaître?

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What is the sanctity of life?

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What did Pope Francis say about evolution at the Pontifical Academy of Sciences on 27 October 2014?

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What does the Catholic Church teach about abortion?

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What does Ephesians 2:7–10 promise about the ages to come?

Evaluation

What is the argument from lack of evidence against life after death?

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What is the difference between voluntary and non-voluntary euthanasia?

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How do Catholics respond to the use of natural resources?

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Commonly confused

Pairs that lose marks when they are blurred together.

  • Voluntary euthanasia vs Non-voluntary euthanasia

    Voluntary euthanasia: ending a life at the person's own request. Non-voluntary euthanasia: ending the life of someone unable to ask, such as a patient in a coma.

  • Active euthanasia vs Passive euthanasia

    Active euthanasia: deliberately doing something to end a life, such as a lethal injection. Passive euthanasia: allowing death by withholding or withdrawing treatment.

  • Pro-life vs Pro-choice

    Pro-life: the view that the unborn child has a right to be born. Pro-choice: the view that a woman may decide whether to continue a pregnancy.

Questions from this topic

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  1. 1

    How do Catholics respond to the Big Bang theory?

    Model answer

    Catholics accept the Big Bang as the best scientific account of how the universe began, about 13.8 billion years ago. Catholics believe God is the cause behind it.

  2. 2

    Who was Georges Lemaître?

    Model answer

    Georges Lemaître was a Belgian Catholic priest and physicist. Lemaître proposed in 1927 that the universe is expanding, and in 1931 that it began from a “primeval atom”.

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    Why is Lemaître's work significant for Catholics?

    Model answer

    Lemaître showed that a priest could also be a leading scientist. The work of Lemaître suggests that faith and science need not conflict.

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    Why did Lemaître not want the Big Bang used as proof of creation?

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    Lemaître believed science and faith answer different kinds of question. Lemaître was uneasy when Pope Pius XII linked the theory to creation in 1951.

  5. 5

    How does the Catholic Church see the relationship between science and faith?

    Model answer

    The Church teaches that faith and reason both come from God and cannot truly contradict each other. Science explains how the universe works, and faith explains why it exists.

  6. 6

    What is the Vatican Observatory?

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    The Vatican Observatory is one of the oldest astronomical research institutes in the world, staffed by Jesuit scientists. The Observatory shows the Church's support for science.

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What does Catholic Christianity: Matters of Life and Death cover in Edexcel GCSE Religious Studies B?
8 subtopics: catholic responses to the origins and value of the universe, the sanctity of life in catholic teaching, catholic responses to evolution and survival of the fittest, catholic teaching on abortion, catholic arguments for life after death, catholic responses to arguments against life after death, catholic teaching on euthanasia and hospice care and catholic responses to the environment and animal rights. Each one has its own page with questions and model answers.
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