Analysis Of Care For The Poor By Ronald Simkins

Ronald A. Simkins, “Care for the Poor and Needy: The Bible’s Contribution to an Economic and Social Safety Net” Ronald Simkins paper was discussing the use of the bible and its teaching about the care for poor and needy people. He said before people are able to use the Bible and what it says for evidence they need to understand the context and social rules of this time period. He also points out that the Bible does not send out a consistent message, do in part to the three different traditions in the Bible. Simkins brought up the point that, as we read the Bible we need to be careful to not make the same mistake that many people do when they read the Bible. Once we understand that in the Bible there are three traditions and they do not all
When the care of the poor is put into the hands of the people, it gives more direction. It says that a person can work for seven years and then they are debt free, they take a portion of the profit that they helped create, and the farmers cannot take all of their crops out of the fields, so the poor and needy have food to eat. I really liked this paper, one, because it reiterates the idea that we need to understand their world before we start quoting the Bible to make it work for our world and two, it was full of the history of this ancient culture and I enjoy history.
Dulcinea Boesenberg, “Eating Meat Sacrificed to Idols: The Interplay of Politics and Theology in Paul’s Solution” In this paper Dulcincea Boesenberg, is explaining the letters that Paul wrote to the church in Corinth, to explain what practices this church should and should not do. Especially when it comes to their dining and sexual habits. The main purpose in this paper is to warn the members of the Corinth church to not become idolaters through eating food offered to other religions gods. This was a challenge for the followers of Christ because food offered to other idols was consumed in both temples where important and social events were held and in homes, when they would invite friends and acquaintances over for a
The Pope likes to say that he is building on the Church document the Evangelium Vitae. He also says the death penalty is used by totalitarian governments, he also has the opinion that our criminal justice system and penal system are messed up and corrupt. He also holds the belief that the process to go through with the death penalty is a form of cruel and unusual torture. The process of getting sentenced, going through a trial again, and waiting for the day of your death is one of the things that upsets him. I do not really agree with Pope Francis and his view of the death penalty, I do not think it is cruel to let someone who has killed innocent people for no good reason to sit and think about his final day. Hopefully it will allow him to repent and see the damage he has done.
Jay Carney, “Faithful Citizenship in the USA and Uganda: A Comparative Analysis of Recent Catholic Pastoral Letters on