Christianity: Good Conduct and Key Moral Principles | AQA A-Level Religious Studies (7062)
Christianity: Good Conduct and Key Moral Principles
- 83 questions
- 6 subtopics
- Component 2: Christianity, one religion of five
- Component 2
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.
Sample questions from Christianity: Good Conduct and Key Moral Principles
Answer each one closed book first, then open the answer.
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Justification and the Fruits of the Spirit
What are the fruits of the Spirit?
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The qualities Paul says God's Spirit produces in a believer, including love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. -
Justification and the Fruits of the Spirit
What did Pelagius teach, and why was it rejected?
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He held that human beings can choose the good and take the first steps towards salvation unaided, which the Church condemned as denying the necessity of grace. -
Imputed Righteousness and Predestination
Define predestination.
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The belief that God has eternally determined who will be saved. -
Imputed Righteousness and Predestination
How did Arminius disagree with Calvin?
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He taught that election is conditional on God's foreknowledge of who will freely believe, so grace can be resisted. -
Sanctity of Life and the Unborn
What does quality of life mean, in contrast to sanctity of life?
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Judging the value of continuing a life by the wellbeing, capacities and suffering involved rather than by mere existence. -
Sanctity of Life and the Unborn
Outline the gradualist view of the embryo.
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Moral status increases as the embryo develops, so an early embryo has a weaker claim than a late foetus or a newborn. -
Just War Theory
Which two rules govern how a war is actually fought?
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Discrimination, meaning non-combatants must never be targeted, and proportionality, meaning the force used must not exceed what the objective requires. -
Just War Theory
Why do critics say deterrence is still immoral?
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It requires a genuine readiness to do what is admitted to be evil, and intending to do wrong is itself wrong.
The 6 subtopics
One subtopic is one session. Work down the list.
| Subtopic | What it covers | Questions |
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| Justification and the Fruits of the Spirit | Recall questions on what justification means, why conduct matters and the sources of guidance and the fruits of the Spirit. | 10 |
| Imputed Righteousness and Predestination | Recall 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. | 16 |
| Sanctity of Life and the Unborn | Recall questions on what sanctity of life means, the belief underpinning it, and the use of Psalm 139 and Jeremiah 1:5. | 17 |
| Just War Theory | Recall questions on what just war theory is, the thinkers who developed it, and the conditions for going to war and for its likely outcome. | 13 |
| Dominion over Creation | Recall questions on what the first creation account grants, what dominion means, and how it is read as licence or as responsibility. | 8 |
| Stewardship, Animals and the Environment | Recall 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. | 19 |
How the guide is worked
Answering a question from memory stores it far better than reading the answer again. The guide runs that as a fixed procedure on one subtopic at a time, about twenty minutes a session.
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Step 1 · Closed book
Cover the answers. Work through one subtopic and write down what you can. Leave blanks where you have nothing.
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Step 2 · Open book
Go back to the top. Read each printed answer and write it out in full, including the ones you had right.
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Step 3 · Closed book again
Same questions, same order, from memory. The gap between pass one and pass three is the session result.
Read the full method, the return schedule and the research behind it.
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