Agape

Christian Moral Principles

Content

• The diversity of Christian moral reasoning and practices and sources of ethics, including:

  • the Bible as the only authority for Christian ethical practices

  • Bible, Church and reason as the sources of Christian ethical practices

  • love (agape) as the only Christian ethical principle which governs Christian practices

Key Knowledge

• as the Bible reveals God’s will, then only biblical ethical commands must be followed

• Christian ethics must be a combination of biblical teaching, Church teaching and human reason

• Jesus’ only command was to love and that human reason must decide how best to apply this