Catholic Christianity: Equality | Edexcel GCSE Religious Studies B (1RB0)
Catholic Christianity: Equality
- 94 questions
- 8 subtopics
- Catholic Christianity, one religion of seven
- Paper 3
Catholic Christianity: Equality is examined in Paper 3, Area of Study 3: Religion, Philosophy and Social Justice, 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 teaching on human rights, Catholic attitudes towards equality and inequality, Catholic attitudes towards religious freedom and a multi-faith society, Catholic attitudes to prejudice and discrimination, Catholic attitudes towards racial harmony, Catholic attitudes towards racial discrimination, Catholic attitudes to social justice and Catholic attitudes towards wealth and poverty.
Sample questions from Catholic Christianity: Equality
Answer each one closed book first, then open the answer.
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Catholic teaching on human rights
What did Pope John XXIII teach about human rights in Pacem in Terris?
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Pacem in Terris (1963) lists rights including life, food, shelter, education, work and freedom of worship. Every right comes with a matching duty to respect the rights of others. -
Catholic attitudes towards equality and inequality
Why does the Catholic Church teach that equality does not mean everyone is the same?
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The Church teaches that people have different gifts and talents given by God. Differences should enrich society, never justify unfair treatment. -
Catholic attitudes towards religious freedom and a multi-faith society
What is a multi-faith society?
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A multi-faith society is one in which people of many religions and none live side by side. The UK is a multi-faith society. -
Catholic attitudes to prejudice and discrimination
What does the Catechism (1935) teach about discrimination?
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The Catechism says discrimination on grounds of sex, race, colour, social conditions, language or religion must be eradicated. Discrimination is incompatible with God's design. -
Catholic attitudes towards racial harmony
What does Galatians 3:23–25 teach about the Law?
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Paul says the Law acted like a guardian until Christ came. Now that faith has come, believers are no longer under the guardian. -
Catholic attitudes towards racial discrimination
What does Acts 17:26 teach about the human race?
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Paul tells the Athenians that God made every nation from one ancestor. All races share a single origin and belong to one human family. -
Catholic attitudes to social justice
What did Pope Paul VI teach in Populorum Progressio (1967)?
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Paul VI taught that rich nations have a duty to help poorer nations develop. Paul VI called development “the new name for peace”. -
Catholic attitudes towards wealth and poverty
What does the Catholic Church teach about wealth?
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The Church teaches that wealth is not wrong in itself but must be used responsibly and shared. The goods of the earth are meant for everyone, a principle called the universal destination of goods.
The 8 subtopics
One subtopic is one session. Work down the list.
| Subtopic | What it covers | Questions |
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| Catholic teaching on human rights | The Universal Declaration and why it was adopted, Pacem in Terris, The Common Good (36 to 37) and the common good in Catholic thought, situation ethics, and Humanist arguments with the Catholic reply. | 12 |
| Catholic attitudes towards equality and inequality | The new commandment of John 13:34 read broadly and narrowly, why equal does not mean identical, the Good Samaritan, the causes and problems of inequality, Jubilee 2000, and local action. | 12 |
| Catholic attitudes towards religious freedom and a multi-faith society | Catechism 1738 and 1747 on freedom and its limits, Dignitatis Humanae (1965), interfaith dialogue, the benefits and challenges of a multi-faith society, and objections to faith schools. | 12 |
| Catholic attitudes to prejudice and discrimination | Catechism 1934 and 1935, why discrimination against religions is wrong, the rejection of antisemitism, Catholics' own history of discrimination in Britain, help for persecuted Christians, and situation ethics. | 11 |
| Catholic attitudes towards racial harmony | Galatians 3:23 to 29 on the Law and baptism, what the name Catholic signifies, Archbishop Denis Hurley, the Catholic Association for Racial Justice, St Martin de Porres, and life in a multi-ethnic society. | 12 |
| Catholic attitudes towards racial discrimination | Paul at Athens in Acts 17 on one human race and living in God, the harm racism does to victims and society, a UK case exposing institutional racism, and the Church facing its own failures. | 11 |
| Catholic attitudes to social justice | Wealth distribution in the UK and the world, Rerum Novarum, Populorum Progressio (1967), Catechism 1928 to 1933 on dignity, 'another self' and the disadvantaged, work in England and Wales, and situation ethics. | 12 |
| Catholic attitudes towards wealth and poverty | Absolute and relative poverty at home and abroad, Jesus on the dangers of wealth, 1 Timothy 6:10, the Sheep and the Goats as a challenge to the rich, virtue ethics, and UK relief. | 12 |
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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