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Psalm 111, and 112 set out the attributes of God that must be reflected in the life of a 'true follower'. [2]: 112 The ethic has limits; Barton points out that in 1 Samuel 26:19 David argues that if his own persecution is ordered by God that is one thing, but if it is the work of people, those people should be cursed. [4]: 51
[8] All Eastern Orthodox Christians must mandatorily obey the canons. [9] Most Eastern Orthodox canons are the disciplinary, or penitential, canons; those canons primarily concern wrongdoings and sins. Other types of canons are those which deal with administrative and dogmatic matters.
Christian ethics, also referred to as moral theology, was a branch of theology for most of its history. [3]: 15 Becoming a separate field of study, it was separated from theology during the eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Enlightenment and, according to Christian ethicist Waldo Beach, for most 21st-century scholars it has become a "discipline of reflection and analysis that lies between ...
Based on Jesus' doctrine of the sheep and the goats, the corporal and spiritual works of mercy are a means of grace as good deeds; it is also a work of justice pleasing to God. [6] The precept is an affirmative one, that is, it is of the sort which is always binding but not always operative, for lack of matter or occasion or fitting circumstances.
For many religious people, morality and religion are the same or inseparable; for them either morality is part of religion or their religion is their morality. For others, especially for nonreligious people, morality and religion are distinct and separable; religion may be immoral or nonmoral, and morality may or should be nonreligious.
The Supreme Court made it easier for employees to seek religious accommodations in the case of an evangelical Christian mail carrier who asked to be off Sundays.
Watch Tower publications describe house-to-house visitations as the primary work of Jehovah's Witnesses [33] in obedience to a "divine command" to preach "the Kingdom good news in all the earth and (make) disciples of people of all the nations". [35] Children usually accompany their parents and participate in the public ministry. [36]
Christian values historically refers to values derived from the teachings of Jesus Christ. The term has various applications and meanings, and specific definitions can vary widely between denominations , geographical locations, historical contexts, and different schools of thought.