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CH 37!!
29 questions
Old law
-the part of the Sinai Covenant, the covenant God made with the Chosen People at Mount Sinai -Consists of the Law of Moses and the 10 commandments -Jesus fulfills the old law
New Law
-fulfills and completes the Old Law -law of love, grace, and freedom -the law of the Gospel Jesus Christ
-BEATITUDES
Free will
the gift from God that allows us to choose what we do
Beatitudes
-The teachings of Jesus during the Sermon on the Mount which describes the actions and attitudes that should characterize Christians -Teaches us how to be happy
The Bible can be described as a ________ for our lives
compass
The most important laws we find in the old testament are the ________________
10 commandments
The ten commandments are incomplete without Jesus' New _______ of _________
Law..........love
A better name for the Old Law might be the ___________
Original law
The Jewish word for the Old law is _________ or "teaching"
torah
What do the first 3 commandments teach us
How to love and honor God
What do the other 7 commandments teach us?
how to love and respect one another
The ___________ are general laws, not specific laws
10 commandments
compassion
-a sign of our love for others -"to mourn"
grace
Helps us to live the New Law and to love all people
Many other passages in the ___________ give us guidelines for making good _________ choices
Bible.............moral
Many of the letter in the ______________ also contain practical moral advice
New testament
Let God's _________ in Scripture be the __________ guiding you to a happy and holy life
word.............compass
the 4th commandment teaches us what?
to love and respect our neighbors
Jesus said he came not to do away with the _____________ but instead to fulfill it
old law
"To mourn" is to be ____________. This is a sign of our love for others.
compassionate
Jesus begins his Sermon on the Mount with a series of blessing statements called ______________
Beatitudes
These blessing statements teach us the _____________ that we need in order to live the New Law
values
Septuagint
the work of 7 greek writers
Matthew. mark, luke, and john are a __________
synopsis (shorten/a little summary)
Sacred traditions (3)
mass, prayer, feast
Sacred Scripture (2)
Old Testament, New Testament
Sacred Traditions andSacred Scripture are what?
divine revelation
greek word meaning blessed
Makarios
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Free will
-a gift from God that allows us to choose what we do -basis for our moral responsibility
natural law
-the understanding of what is good that we all have from birth -Law of God's will written on the heart
virtues
habits we develop to help us consistently do the right thing
The disposition to do good
God forms us in our mother's womb with a spiritual _________, and active _________, and a _______________
soul............mind.............freewill
___________, the wound that all humans share that make us open to choosing wrong and evil options, make choices harder
Original sin
Jesus shares the ______________ to help us connect the desires in our hearts with where we are going
beatitudes
God made us in his _________
image
Natural law lets us take part of God's __________ and _________
wisdom and goodness
Natural law brings ___________ together and should form the basis for _____'s laws
people...............society
The 10 commandments cover what?
serious matters and obligations
people had the commandments but needed the grace of the ______________ which comes from __________ in Jesus to live lives of selfless love
Holy Spirit.................faith
The sermon on the __________ is the ultimate expression of the ____________
Mount.............New law
Through the ____________ the new law communicates grace to us
sacraments
What do virtues do for us?
to use our minds and our free will in a more perfect way
Cardinal virtues (4)
-prudence -Justice -Temperance -fortitude
prudence
good judgement
justice
giving to God and our neighbors what is due to them
temperance
balance and self-control
fortitude
strength to overcome temptation
How do we develop and keep virtues?
-WORK
acquired by human efforts of practice -Grows as we learn more about life, do good acts, and remain obedient to the commandments
Who helps us keep and develop virtues
GOD and others
Theological virtues (3)
-faith: belief in God -hope: keeps us focused on the happiness of heaven -charity/love
What do the theological virtues do for us?
they help us come near to God to live in relationship with the Holy Trinity
What is the connection between living a moral life and worshipping God
living a moral life IS a way we worship God because we are a living sacrifice along with members of the Body of Christ
Faith is _________ in God. He wants us to love him ________.
belief............. freely
Hope is __________ in Christ's promises through the _____________ of the Holy Spirit
trust...........grace
We must learn God's word though faithful prayer and study and put i into practice in our __________
lives
We have the freedom to choose whether to follow ___________
Jesus
Sacred Scripture tells us that God guides us with fatherly laws that call us to follow the path to __________ happiness and avoid evil ways
eternal
The sermon on the ___________ is the ultimate expression of the New Law
Mount
___________ is the power of the intellect
thinking
__________ life is not always clear
moral
relavist
when somebody believes in something and is true by their own principles
Opposite of virtue
vice
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Justification
a process through which God restores our broken relationships after we have sinned
doctrine
-official teaching of the church based on God’s Revelation by and through Jesus Christ
-truth statement
God is the only _________
truth
Magisterium
-teaching arm of the church
-ex: bishops
what are the sources of moral action
-object
-intention
-circumstance
object
action being chosen
intention
WHY you did the action
circumstance
situation you are in
dogma
formally defined truth statement (doctrine)
Potential bonus: what does Baptism mean in Greek
plunge in water
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