BBQ 1

Why did God create the world? 

* To express and display the beauty and divine life of the world and to share it with us 
* To spread his glory throughout the world

Why is humanity in such a sad state?

Adam and eve rebelled against god

* falling into sin

How has God saved us from this sad state?

Sends us Jesus to absorb our loss and sin by sacrificing him

Describe how the Church is both visible and invisible, human and divine.

God and human characteristics mixed together

* human visible
* spirits invisible

What are the two fundamental tasks of the Church?

* preach the word of god
* Church is the source of grace

Whom did Jesus appoint to lead his Church after his ascension to heaven? And who are the successors of these leaders?

* Peter and the apostles
* bishops are sucessors

Explain Catholic epistemology using the image of the three-legged stool. 

* Church/ teaching authority(magisterium)
* Tradition
* Bible/scripture

 What is doctrinal development and how does it work? Give me an example of it.

* Over time the meaning of something may become deeper or more well known, a growth of understanding 
*  **Jurueselem council:** new circumstance of people coming into the church not having to become jews, this council was able to come together and apply old knowledge to come to the right answer of this new question. 

What is the papacy, and what role does it play in Catholic epistemology?

* papacy= the pope
* Head of church, 
* bishop of rome
* Sucessor of peter 

 How does the infallibility of the Church work? What is the difference between definitive and non-definitive teaching? 

* God protects the church from error


* Church teaches and gives final answer while non definitive is church teaches accurately butu things are subject to change 

Describe some key characteristics of the Roman world the Church was born into?

* International world/empire
* Easy access of travel to spread the word