БАЗИСНІ ПРИНЦИПИ ХРИСТИЯНСЬКОЇ ЕТИКИ

Abstract

This article provides the world outlook of Christian ethics, which are based on the analysis of Christian ethics researchers. The article outlines the main basic principles of Christian ethics through the prism of philosophical anthropology, in contrast to which Christian ethics is not so much a system of theoretical principles as a certain way of life appropriate to Christians. This way of life must be based on the two commandments formulated in the New Testament, which are the quintessence of the Ten Commandments of the Old Testament, which are also the axiological principles of Christian ethics as well as the Beatitudes stated in the Sermon on the Mount. The Universal Law of Christian ethics is God incarnate-Jesus Christ, who is both a transcendental measure and an axiological model and the very source of laws of ethics that are unshakable and transcendental like Himself. All moral demands of Christian ethics are based on the saving actions of God, and therefore can only be understood in the context of the history of salvation. The work of salvation, carried out by Christ, not only precedes moral obligations, but also makes possible their very fulfillment. All manifestations of moral life are inseparable from religion in its cult and pious aspects, and these are the means by which moral life expresses itself. Christian ethics also raises questions of criteria of good and evil, the meaning of life, truth, the appointment of a person, raises the problems of justice, due and others. Also the manifestation of Christian ethics is asceticism, as struggle with passions and the development of virtue, both in a single person and in society as a whole. A special place in Christian ethics is the doctrine of the seven deadly sins and their influence on the soul and body of man. Key words: Christian ethics, eschatology, moral freedom, axiology, asceticism, spirituality.