THEOLOGY FINAL REVIEW

Polytheism

Belief in many gods

Grace

God's divine life present in the soul

Science

The method of understanding the laws of nature through

Natural Revelation

What can be known about God by studying his creation

Natural Law

Ethical knowledge written on the human heart

Mysteries

Supernatural truths that transcend human reason

Atheism

Denial of the existence of God

Theology

Faith seeking understanding

Divine Revelation

God's communication of himself through his words and deeds

Scientism

An erroneous belief that limits human reason to only those things that can be observed and measured

Faith

Theological virtue by which a person believes God's Revelation

Which characteristic is not unique to human beings in visible creation?

Human beings are loved by God

Aristolc was enabled to discover the truth of God's existence by

exercising human reason

Every human person comes from God seeks God and desires God thus he or she does not live in truly human life if not freely choosing to live in friendship with God by nature and by vocation here she is a...

religious being

Human reason can come to know through natural revelation all of the following except

the personality of God

The process of systematically observing the behavior of created things (nature) to understand better the laws and structures the govern them is called

science

The belief that only observable things exist those that can be proven through methods of observation and measurement is called

scientism

because human reason is imperfect and can be clouded by sin people need the certainty of _____________________ to know God

divine revelation

People need Divine Revelation because...

Due to sin and error, human reason is imperfect

Faith ________ reason.

perfects

We could never know the truth of the Blessed Trinity without...

Divine Revelation

In order that people can be more fully and truly human, reason perfects...

God's Grace

The spiritual life of a Christian will shrivel without...

growth in faith

Since is it the human word uttered in response to the divine word faith implies an attitude of...

prayer

God works through

all of the above

God making himself known to people through the works of creation is called...

natural revelation

The term "Word of God" refers to...

Both A and B (Sacred Scripture and Jesus Christ)

Truths that are accessible to human reason alone are called...

natural truths

Truths that are beyond the reach of human reason are called...

supernatural truths

Christ guaranteed the assistance of the Holy Spirit to ensure the faithful transmission of the Deposit of Faith when he established...

the church

God transmits his Revelation to people through...

all of the above

the human intellect has a basic and radical capacity to be elevated beyond its natural powers through...

divine grace

participating in communication the truths of God to all people, the guardian and transmitter of divine revelation is

the church

a person can know that a particular revelation is from God through

all of the above

the holy spirt guides the church and her teaching authority, which is called

the magisterium

the primary purpose of miracles is...

to verify the truth of public, Divine Revelation.

the author of every true prophecy is

God himself

The ultimate purpose for which every human being has been made is

to be in eternal, intimate union with God

Evidence of the truthfulness of Christianity includes...

all of the above

The ability of a person to know God through human reason is limited due to...

original sin

Because the content of Divine Revelation is beyond human reason, people require...

motives of credibility

the disobedience committed by our first parents effects of which have been passed on to all of their descendants (except the Blessed Virgin Mary and Jesus Christ) is called...

original sin

A sign, wonder, or event caused by divine power that transcends the laws of nature is called...

a miracle

evidence that a truth of divine revelation has truly come from God and is, therefore without error is called

a motive of credibility

an agreement between people or between a person and God involving metal commitments and guarantees is called...

a covenant

The teaching office of the Church is called...

the Magisterium

sacred scripture-as well as the second person of the blessed trinity, Jesus Christ-is called...

the word of God

A miraculous manifestation of God, a saint, or an angel through which a private revelation may be transmitted is called

an apparition

a person who speaks to others in the name of God is called...

a prophet

The fullness of Divine Revelation was transmitted to the People of God through...

the Person of Jesus Christ.

Before he ascended into Heaven, Christ established an institution to transmit his message of salvation to all peoples of every age until he comes again; this is called...

the Church.

The promise of Christ to remain with his people until the end of time and to send another Comforter to help spread the Good News was fulfilled...

on Pentecost

The conflict in the early Church between those who thought Christians ought to retain the practices of the Mosaic Law—especially circumcision—and those who thought Christians were free from these restrictions was resolved by...

the Apostles at the Council of Jerusalem

Since the early Church, the primary means by which she discusses and makes definitive decisions about issues facing her has been...

in an Ecumenical Council

As Christ gave his assistance to the Apostles through the Holy Spirit, he continues to assist their successors in their pastoral ministry, who are called...

bishops

By a special assistance of the Holy Spirit, when definitively proclaiming matters of faith and morals to be held by the universal Church, the teaching of the Pope as universal pastor and teacher of all the faithful is...

infallible

The entirety of the Word of God received from Christ and handed down through the Apostles by the Church without alteration is called...

the Deposit of Faith

The characteristic of the People of God that enables them to recognize the true Faith in an instinctive way is called...

sensus fidelium

Early Christian writers who displayed holiness of life and orthodoxy in teaching are called...

the Fathers of the Church

The principal author(s) of Sacred Scripture is (are)...

God.

The sanctity and moral perfection of Sacred Scripture stems from its...

All of the above

As a general rule, the best way to begin to read Sacred Scripture is to try to understand the _____ sense first.

literal

The anagogical sense of Sacred Scripture teaches us...

how the events in Scripture point to what will be known in Heaven

The moral sense of Sacred Scripture, which teaches us how to imitate the great figures of Scripture as a pattern for living, is also called the _____ sense.

tropological

The teaching authority of the Church is called...

the Magisterium

For guidance before reading any part of Sacred Scripture, we should be prepared to read, study, meditate, and...

pray

Because of a darkened human intellect, which is one of the consequences of Original Sin, an essential condition and disposition for understanding Sacred Scripture is...

exercise of the virtue of faith

The content of Sacred Tradition and Sacred Scripture handed on from Christ through his Apostles to the whole Church is called...

the Deposit of Faith

The Sacred Tradition of the Church is alive and active in the...

All of the above

The Magisterium of the Church, guided and protected by the Holy Spirit, is incapable of error in matters of faith and morals; this is called...

infallibility

The Word of God communicated by the divinely inspired authors of the Old and New Testament is called...

Sacred Scripture

The original understanding of the meaning of a passage requires an appreciation of...

the literal sense

Understanding based on a comparison of likeness and difference between two events or persons in Sacred Scripture is called...

an analogy.

The content of the Faith contained in Sacred Tradition and Sacred Scripture is called...

the Deposit of Faith

A gathering of bishops from all over the world presided over by the Pope to address issues of concern to the whole Church is called...

an Ecumenical Council

A story that illustrates a spiritual or moral truth is called...

a parable

The historical lineage of each bishop back to one of the Twelve Apostles is called...

Apostolic Succession.

The spiritual sense of Sacred Scripture that shows how persons or events in Scripture point to the realities of Heaven is called...

the anagogical sense

The study of the Last Things, including the end of the world, is called...

eschatology.

The spiritual sense of Sacred Scripture that describes how persons or events in one passage of Scripture point to future persons or events in another is called...

the allegorical sense.

Early Christian writers whose writings explain the true Faith number among...

the Fathers of the Church

In the Book of Genesis, when Abraham offered his son Isaac to God as a sacrifice, he had his son carry the wood on which he would be sacrificed to one of the mountains of Moriah, which surround the city of Jerusalem. In the Gospels God the Father offers his own Son as a Sacrifice, who carried the wood of his Cross upon which he would be hung to die outside Jerusalem. A reader who notices the spiritual significance of these and other details in parallel stories in Sacred Scripture is reading them according to...

the allegorical sense

Recognition of the books that are inspired and belong in the Bible was decided by...

the Church

St. Matthew began his Gospel with...

a genealogy of Jesus Christ

The number of books in the Bible is...

seventy-three (73)

An event or person in the Old Testament that anticipates some aspect of an act or the Person of Jesus Christ in the New Testament is called...

a type

All of the following are considered main classifications of the books of the Old Testament except...

the Epistles

The conquest of Canaan after the death of Joshua is recounted in...

the Book of Judges

A collection of religious poems or songs, many of which are attributed to King David, can be found in...

the Book of Psalms

To bring his words to his people, warning of the coming retribution for unfaithfulness and calling the People of Israel back to himself, God sent...

the prophets

The story of the Jewish insurrection against the Greeks and the miracle of Hanukkah is contained in...

the two Books of Maccabees

The earliest Christians received the Good News...

from firsthand witnesses, telling about the life of Christ

Because they tell the story of Christ in a similar fashion, the Gospels of Sts. Matthew,
Mark, and Luke are called collectively...

the synoptic Gospels

The Gospel of St. Matthew was addressed primarily to...

Jewish Christians living in Palestine

The Acts of the Apostles was written by...

St. Luke

One important element of St. Paul's Epistles was his explanation of the Christian Faith by using adaptation of...

Greek philosophy

Each of the following Apostles wrote at least one Epistle included in the canon of Sacred Scripture except...

St. Andrew

Having had a vision while in exile on the Isle of Patmos, the Book of Revelation was written by...

St. John

The Book of Revelation serves as a reminder that...

people do not know when or how the world will end

No part of the Bible was written in...

Latin