Advanced Theology III (Christian Morality): Chapter 2 Part 2 Test

What did St. Augustine refer to the restlessness of the soul as?

Holy Hunger

What did St. Augustine say about the restlessness of the soul?

"You have made Yourself, O Lord, and our hearts are restless until they rest in You"

How is true love described in Theology?

Choosing good for other people, even to the point of sacrifice

What is the highest choice humans can make?

Loving God above everything & loving our neighbor as ourselves

What did the Blessed Trinity create?

Humans and angelic beings out of self-giving love to share in the divine life

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What did Adam and Eve receive?

Knowledge of God they were not meant to receive

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Why were Adam and Eve afraid of God?

Because of Shame

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The curse of the serpent and the first promise of Messiah is known as .......

Protoevangelium

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What was the punishment of woman?

Pain in child bearing

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What is the punishment to man?

Work is now hard (toil)

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What is said on Ash Wednesday?

"Remember you are dust, and to dust you shall return"

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What does the phrase which is said on Ash Wednesday mean to us?

We will return to what we are made of; dust

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Reference to the Tree of Life--

God does not want them to steal from the Tree and live forever

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What happens in the Garden of Eden?

Man is expelled from Eden to work in the land

Genesis 2:15-3:24 tells how Adam and Eve chose themselves over God through an act of disobedience. What did their pride lead to?

their downfall and expulsion from the garden of Eden and subjected the to suffering and ultimately death

How did their sin of disobedience infect the human race?

Humans suffer the consequences of Original Sin

Define Original Sin

The heredity stain with which human beings are born because of our origins or descent from Adam and Eve

What is love in its most radical form?

Christ's Death on the Cross

How can we come to understand that God is love?

By contemplating the crucified Christ

How did Jesus show us to love?

By making the ultimate sacrifice

Define Paschal Mystery

God's love and salvation revealed through the passion, death, resurrection, and ascension of Jesus Christ.

CCC 1731 (Definition of freedom)

Freedom is the power, rooted in reason and will, to act or not to act, to do this or that, and so to perform deliberate actions on one's own responsibility. By free will one shapes one's own life. Human freedom is a force for growth and maturity in truth and goodness; it attains its perfection when directed toward God, our beatitude.

Why is human freedom not absolute, but limited?

Human Freedom is not absolute in the sense we can do anything we want without consequences

CCC 1733 "The more one does what is good, the freer one becomes."

The more one does what is good, the freer one becomes. There is no true freedom except in the service of what is good and just. the choice to disobey and do evil is an abuse of freedom and leads to "the slavery of sin.

What risk did God take in creating humans?

endowing us with Free Will

How does God respect our freedom?

God neither forces us to make the right choices nor parents us from making the wrong choices.

What does the grace of God do for us by being received through the Sacraments?

Grace enlightens us to know what is right and strengthens our will to do what is right in order to fulfill God's will

The grace of God does not diminish our freedom....

It helps us to see the truth more clearly and gives us the required strength to conquer our passions

CCC 1742

The grace of Christ is not, in the slightest way, a rival of our freedom when this freedom accords with the sense of truth and the good that God has put in the human heart. On the contrary, as Christian experience attests, especially in prayer, the more docile we are to the promptings of grace, the more we grow in inner freedom and confidence during trials, such as those we face in the pressures and constraints of the outer world. By the working of grace the Holy Spirit educates us in spiritual freedom in order to make us free collaborators in his work in the Church and in the world: Almighty and merciful God, in your goodness take away from us all that is harmful, so that, made ready both in mind and body, we may freely accomplish your will.

How is perfect freedom expressed?

In the exercise of the virtue of prudence, which is the ability to make and carry out correct moral choices.

What two Latin words is conscience derived from? What do they mean?

cum scientia; with knowledge

How is conscience defined according to Theology?

practical judgment of right reason made by the intellect regarding the good or evil of an act in light of Objective moral standards

What aspects of discernment is our conscience intimately involved in?

a moral decision, a vocation, or a self-examination of personal sins and virtues

What is the obligation that all people hold in forming their conscience?

To form our consciences that our judgments reflect the teachings of Christ & His Church

What is the most critical area of moral training (besides learning 10 Commandments & Beatitudes)?

The Formation of conscience

What happens to humans with a conscience that is properly formed?

Knows not only what the teachings of Christ and His Church are, but how to apply them to concrete real-life situations

What is the very purpose of freedom?

To choose and perform those good actions which will lead us to God

Why are humans considered weak in nature?

we are inclined to sin

What are the 10 Commandments?

1. I am the LORD your God: you shall not have strange Gods before me.

2. You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain.

3. Remember to keep holy the LORD'S Day.

4. Honor your father and your mother.

5. You shall not kill.

6. You shall not commit adultery.

7. You shall not steal.

8. You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.

9. You shall not covet your neighbor's wife.

10. You shall not covet your neighbor's goods.

How does the grace of God not diminish our freedom?

It helps us to see the truth more clearly, and gives us the required strength to conquer our passions