Theology Test

What is the source of Catholosism?

The Eucharist

What does the Holy Trinity consist of?

God the Father, God the son, God the Holy Spirit.

What is the first Mark of the Church

Believe in one baptism (Father, son, Holy Spirit)

What is the second Mark of the Church

We are the Holy Church (We have to be holy)

What is the third Mark of the Church

The Church is Catholic

What is the fourth mark of the church

We are Apostolic (Come from apostles)

Why did God name the 7th day to be holy?

Because that was the day he rested after creating the Earth

What was Adam formed out of?

Dust and breath

What did God make Eve out of?

One of Adam’s rib and breath

What quality did Adam and Eve not have before they ate the apple?

Insecurity/ Self-conciseness

What is the snake perceived as?

Evil and cunning

What other trait did Adam and Eve gain after eating the apple?

Desire and want (wanting to be greater than God)

What punishment did God give Adam and Eve?

He banished them from the Garden of Eden and gave them physical hardship, pain, and mortality.

What punishment did God give the snake?

He cursed the snake to the ground.

What is a common theme in the Bible stories to today?

People stray away from God time and time again.

What does God promise to us?

That we all are promised the same salvation (we have the same salvation as Abraham)

What is the purpose of the bible?

It tells us how to get to heaven.

True or false? God does everything orderly and logically

True

What are the symbols of the Holy spirit?

Air, breath, dove, fire

What is Metaphysics?

A core branch of philosophy that studies the fundamental nature of reality, existence, and the relationship between mind and matter.

Allegorical

To not take everything literally, looks at the deeper symbolic or spiritual meanings.

Literal

Looks at historical meaning, takes everything in the Bible literally

Apocrypha

Written works, usually written by an unknown author.

Archaeology

The science of studying material remains of past human life and activities.

Artifacts

Items created by past humans, usually for a specific purpose (tools, pottery, clothing,

etc.).

Critical reading

Several methods of studying the Bible that aim to discover what God is

communicating—both to the people of biblical times and to people today.

Canon

An official list of books accepted as Holy Scripture.

Deuterocanonical

A term meaning “of the second canon”; designates writings included in the

Catholic Old Testament but not in the Hebrew Bible. These Scriptures are Tobit, Judith, 1 and 2 Maccabees, Wisdom, Sirach, Baruch, and parts of Esther and Daniel.

Sacred Tradition

The living transmission of the Church’s Gospel message found in the Church’s teaching, life, and worship. It is faithfully preserved, handed on, and interpreted by the Church’s Magisterium

Magisterium

The teaching authority of the Church concerning issues of faith and morals. The Magisterium consists of the pope and the college of bishops acting together.

Pseudepigrapha

Ancient books from the same time frame as the books of the Bible, especially the New Testament. The Church decided these books do not belong among the inspired books of the Old and New Testaments.

Sin

An offense against God. Sin is a deliberate thought, word, deed, or omission against the eternal law of God.

Typology

The study of prefigured patterns of divine activity. Typology in Scripture study involves reading the Old Testament in light of Christ crucified and risen.

Testament=….

Covenant

Covenant

A sacred/solemn vow between God and man

Everything is understood considering..

The Eucharist, the holy trinity, marks of the church, the apostles creed, apostolic tradition, the Holy Bible

True or False? Catherine McAuley was wealthy

True

Where did Catherine devote her time to?

Dublin Ireland.

What work did she do in Dublin?

She taught needle work and gave places to stay.

When did her house open?

In 1820

When was Catherine born?

1778

True or false? Dublin did not exclude Catholics from owning land

False.

At this time, the city of Dublin was….

Thriving

Catherine’s family was….

One of the few rich Catholics.

When did Catherine’s father die?

When she was 5.

Later after her father died, her mother died when she was…

A teen

As an orphan, Catherine was invited to live with who?

The Armstrong’s

True or false? The Armstrong’s were poor

False

Who did the charity work with Catherine?

Her friend Frances Warde

Who did Catherine go to live with to be a household companion?

The Calahan’s

True or False? The Calahan’s mocked her religion

True

How many covenants did Catherine found?

11 in 7 years

The 5 proofs

1. Motion

2. Efficient Cause

3. Necessary Being

4. Gradation

5. Design

Saint Thomas Aquinas

The 5 proofs

What is a creed

A formal statement, system, or summary of core religious or guiding beliefs.

Typology

The study of prefigured patterns of divine activity. Typology in Scripture study involves reading the Old Testament in light of Christ crucified and risen.

Three rules for interpreting scripture

1. look closely at the content

2. Read Scripture within the “living Tradition of the whole Church.

3. Be attentive to the analogy of faith—the unity of the truths of faith among themselves and within the whole context of God’s Revelation.

Word of God

Faith and prayer

Genesis 1-3

a. Creation of the World

b. Created in God’s Image and Likeness

c. The Fall from Grace

Fall from grace

Separation from God and earth and creatures. (Man chose to be without God)

Spiritual butterfly effect

Original sin, ripples out to the rest of the world.

The Tower of Babble

The people of Babble tried to be as great as God and build a tower up to him. God gave them all different languages so they couldn’t communicate and they scatter and begin to fill the Earth.

Concerns of the Sisters of Mercy

Earth, immigration, non-violence, anti-racism, women

Holy numbers

40 (a time of waiting)

7 (Creation, recreation, wholeness)

3 (Trinitarian*means holy, perfect)