Ivan The Grand Inquisitor Analysis

I had so little hope that to me it seemed as if even the one we worshipped viewed us as lesser beings. As we were in a church, it seemed only appropriate that comments about God were made. But I don’t think anyone was prepared for what Garrison said. He instilled new hope in us, in the form of the religion we practice and the God we worship. Not only did he state that his abolitionism was identical to God’s law, but he defied all social norms and directly went after churches, repeating that the ones who advocate for slavery are atheistical, and Christians who believe that one man may be enslaved by another are believers of the devil.

The Grand Inquisitor sees it, Christ has actually done mankind a disservice by keeping people from obtaining security. Most people he says, are too weak to tolerate the burden of free will. As the outcome, he says that “the one who questioned you then,” sense Satan, was right and Christ was wrong. Ivan believes that mankind is not competent to handle the magnificent trouble of free will, and should have given a leader to obey

In this passage, God instructs Abraham to sacrifice his son on the altar, but yet God also forbids human sacrifice. One must understand the context of this passage to prove the nonexistence of this contradiction. Genesis 22:2 is not a contradiction in the Bible because of the context, faith and the love of God.

Man can never live without the help of God. The devil can tell you all the lies he may churn out, but the truth remains, man has been made to live in God. Most assuredly, we are all incomplete without Jesus. Our lives have been made to exist within the spiritual environment of holiness. God is our cover, and He is the seal of man’s goodness.

Then when the leader of the angels Lucifer became jealous of god he was cast out of heaven along with other fallen angels, this is how evil entered this world. Saint Augustine argued that, “evil is the absence of something good and the only way for god to have created a world without evil would to be to create another god like himself” (Velasquez, 2014p.263). Other answers include god created evil so we could have free will to choose god. Richard Swinburne explains, “it is not logical that god would give us free will and yet ensure we always use it the right way” (Velasquez, 2014p.264). Lastly, John Hicks argues that we would be dissatisfied in a world without evil.

Ivan 's poem criticizes Christ for rejecting the three temptations offered by satan. Christ refuses, and does not see them as temptations. He wants men to have the freedom of free will to follow his as they wish. He does not want men to follow because he offers food, perform miracles or to be persuaded by power. This is the where Christ and the Inquisitor do not see eye to eye.

Bonhoeffer in this chapter talks about the call to discipleship that is given to all believers, something that is irresistible from God himself. He breaks down Jesus’ talk with the rich young ruler, and talks about how the ruler instead follows in his own self-conceit instead of submitting to the will of the Christ himself. In doing this, he would not be fulfilling the law, but instead be obeying a direct call from Christ to come and follow him, something he will not do because of his great possessions. I love how Bonhoeffer explains this story, because he breaks down the true meaning of the rich young ruler, and gets to the heart of the problem that many lay people would not understand through reading the story and the immediate context. Bonhoeffer

The impact Martin Luther had on the Roman Church still exists today. This man had a huge influence not only on those in Germany, but those everywhere around the world. Luther challenged the authority of the Pope. He preached that salvation is a free gift from the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ given to a truly repentant sinner. Martin Luther said that the Roman’s had drawn three walls around themselves in order to avoid being reformed by anyone.

Ethics • The first ethical red flag that went up as I was reading scenario 2 was the “Do No Harm.” Instead of embracing this person with the love of Christ, the counsel refuses to see him, due to his religious beliefs, claiming that he is a Christian counselor and that the client is not a Christian. Which could also be interpreted as discrimination. • The counselor acted unethical when he judged the man by his denomination and refused service to him. o 1-101 affirming the God-Given Dignity of All Persons. The counselor showed unethical practice by refusing service to the client.

Indulgences are payments in coin to a priest for the purpose of relief from guilt of sins, release from purgatory and assurance of a place in heaven. Luther found in sacred writing no support for indulgences, and he was convinced that indulgences were of no worth to a sinner as only God could forgive the sins of those who had faith in Jesus and hence spread this heresy. All the Church could say, and all it ever did say, was that temporal punishment would be reduced. The Tridentine Creed states “I also affirm that the power of indulgences was left by Christ in the Church, and that the use of them is most wholesome to Christian people.” The Council of Trent verifies the Catholic teaching that indulgences can benefit Catholic people as they pay for penalties on earth which if unpaid may punish them and be paid later on in Purgatory. This is represented in the creed as “use of them is wholesome to Christian