September 26, 2016 by

Powerpoint: Life after Death

Aimee Horsley has produced an excellent powerpoint on Life After Death which covers elements of this section of the DCT syllabus…

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September 26, 2016 by

Extract Catholic Catechism Death and the Afterlife

The OCR syllabus suggest we study the following sections of the Roman Catholic Catechism. I have added a few more clauses…

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September 12, 2016 by

Summary: Five Elements of Original Sin

Five elements of Augustine’s theory of Original Sin source: https://www.academia.edu/1958072/St._Augustines_Doctrine_of_Original_Sin?auto=download The five elements of the doctrine of original sin are as follows: (1) The…

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September 12, 2016 by

Augustine on Original Sin

Has a fourth century monk got anything to teach us? This is the question a short 7 minute introduction to Augustine…

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September 11, 2016 by

Key Quotes – Augustine

‘He created them not that they might sin, but that they might add beauty to the whole, whether they willed to…

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September 6, 2016 by

Article – Augustine, Depravity and the Fall

This article is part of a longer thesis, “From Death to Depravity” by Grace Riverbark to be found online at http://scholarworks.gsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1007&context=rs_hontheses…

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September 6, 2016 by

Extract – Romans 7:15-20

Romans 7:15-20 New International Version (NIV) In this Chapter in Paul’s letter to the Romans, Paul grapples with the reality of…

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June 24, 2016 by

Extract: What is Myth? JDG Dunn

The Problem of Definition source  New Testament Interpretation, JDG Dunn  page 287 The basic problem of myth is the problem of definition….

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May 4, 2016 by

Issues Surrounding Sexual Ethics

As sexual ethics is likely to come up for OCR A2 this year, I want to comment on some recent breakthroughs…

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March 9, 2016 by

Powerpoint – Kant’s Moral Argument and its relation to his ethical theory

Drawing on The Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals and Critique of Pure Reason, Tristan Stone traces how Kant’s moral argument…

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