Theo summum bonum report3
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This is a presentation of God as summum bonum. This was a video in the presentation but I had to remove it because of size limit: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rfd_1UAjeIA
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- 9. God as Summum Bonum : Why is God the only treasure and supreme value?
- 11. Perfect spirit
- 12. Perfect spirit Fullness of truth and goodness God is originally good Bring goodness out of negative
- 13. Perfect spirit Seen through Jesus’ teachings: Only God is good A man said to Jesus, “Good teacher, what shall I do to in eternal life?”Jesus then replied to this in a significant wa “why do you call good? No one is good but God alone… (Mk 10:17-18)
- 14. Treasure
- 19. But… According to Matthews 6:21 “Wherever your treasure is, there the desires of your heart will also be, treasure brings happiness.”
- 20. And… According to Saint Augustine: “HAPPINESS IN THE TRUEST SENSE is only possible with God”
- 21. ACTIVITY
- 22. • God is the only source of true happiness. Everything on earth are only temporary and are not meant to remain • We gain access to overwhelming happiness as we approach the Ultimate Good • Supreme Good may only be truly found in God.
- 24. VALUE? THING
- 25. STORYTELLING!
Editor's Notes
- Today we will be talking about God as summumbonum:
- Summumbonum means ultimate good, highest form of good and all the pictures that were shown were examples of doing Good deeds.
- What comes in to your mind when you hear the word treasure?
- Why is God the only treasure? - When we say treasure, things like money,gold, jewelry are the first things that come into mind. For the parent's the best treasure they usually tell that they can give their children is education and love. According to Matthew 6:21,Wherever your treasure is, there the desires of your heart will also be.Treasure brings happiness. St. Augustine clarified that HAPPINESS in the truest sense is only possible with God. one way to think of it is like this: Remember the happiest moment of your lives. And think of how happy you were during those moments. After remembering those happy memories or those prominent memories that is truly unforgettable to you, can you say that you are still as happy as today compared to the day it happened? no right? even though we are happy that those things happened, it is now only a part of our memory, the happiness fades away. But if you are in the presence of God the happiness will never end. Once you are in the presence of the happiness with God will go on forever. God is the only source of true happiness. The luxury, earthly things, the comfort, that we are experiencing here on earth are only temporary and are not meant to remain. We gain access to overwhelming happiness as we approach the Ultimate Good. Supreme Good may only be truly found in God.
- Why is God the supreme value?-God is virtue what is virtue it is defined as moral excellence; goodness. And god alone is full of goodness, he alone is righteous, all of the good things came from him and was created by him. He alone is the virtue. In him we find peace and love and all the other virtues that we may know of for as it is said earlier God is the Highest Good and the only one to attain this level of goodness. One has to be righteous for it pleases God. Through faith and obedience to Gods words makes one rightheos in the eyes of God..
- From a parent’s point of view, it is educating and loving their children which is the first thing that comes to their mind when they hear the word treasure..
- Explain this baby. :D
- Wow. This statement is amazing, it just states that if we want to be TRULY/REALLY happy we need to be with God and we are with God everydayinfact right now we are in God’s presence yet some of us are still unhappy…. expand
- can you say that you are still as happy as today compared to the day it happened? no right? even though we are happy that those things happened, it is now only a part of our memory, the happiness fades away. But if you are in the presence of God the happiness will never end. Once you are in the presence of the happiness with God will go on forever. God is the only source of true happiness. The luxury, earthly things, the comfort, that we are experiencing here on earth are only temporary and are not meant to remain. We gain access to overwhelming happiness as we approach the Ultimate Good. Supreme Good may only be truly found in God.
- Is it this?
- All of this
- INAAAAH :DSt Augustine had also many things to say about Summum Bonum. He cited Plato as the who revealed that summumbonum is God.