Adv Theology IV - April Test

(1) Adequate Anthropology

John Paul II's presentation of the "full story" of what it means to be human as men and women created in God's image. In the first half of Theology of the Body, he explores three main eras of our story: Original Man (life before the fall), Historical Man (from the Fall to the end of time; the time we are in right now), and Eschatological Man (our destiny in heaven)

(1) Communion of Persons

The union of love between persons who make a gift of themselves to each other. The unity of Adam and Eve was an image of the communion of persons found in the Holy Trinity

(1) Dignity

The inherent and unchanging value of all persons as a direct result of their being created by God in his image and likeness

(1) Love

A decision to "will the good of another" person. John Paul II echoes this same definition in much of his writing on love and adds that love involves a sincere gift of oneself to others.

(1) Lust

Sexual desire apart from God's love - a selfish desire that seeks one's own pleasure at the expense of another. It is "disordered desire for or inordinate enjoyment of sexual pleasure."

(1) Original Solitude

The original state when Adam (and by extension, all mankind) realized he was alone in the visible world as a person. As someone fundamentally different from the animals and without a human companion, Adam knew that he was made first for relationship with God.

(1) Sacrament

an outward sign "instituted by Christ and entrusted to the Church, by which divine life [grace] is dispensed to us" (CCC 1131). It makes an invisible spiritual reality visible

(1) Sacramentality of the Body

The ability of the body to reveal the person and make God's invisible love visible

(1) Theology

The study of God, or "faith seeking understanding" (St. Anselm). The word comes from the Greek words Theos (God) and logos (word). _________is also the science of seeking to understand God's Word

(1) Theology of the Body

A study of God, the purpose of our existence, and the call to love like God loves, as discovered and revealed through our bodies.

(2) Concupiscence

The inclination to sin that is present in all humans, inherited through the sin of Adam and Eve, and against which we must struggle to resist by the grace of Jesus Christ (CCC 1264). While it inclines us to sin and comes from sin, _____________ itself is not a sin

(2) Historical Man

The period that begins with original sin and ends when Christ returns. Historical men and women are simultaneously fallen and redeemed in Christ

(2) Naked Without Shame

Nakedness that exists within the context of innocence and pure freedom, apart from lust. This is what Adam and Eve experienced before the Fall.

(2) Original Happiness

The joy that Adam and Eve experienced prior to the Fall. This happiness was a result of their purity of heart, which enabled them to understand God's love for them and their ability to love like him.

(2) Original Innocence

The state of Adam and Eve prior to their knowledge of sin, when their minds, hearts, and bodies were perfectly innocent.

(2) Original Man

The period of man's existence as God created him (lived by Adam and Eve) prior to original sin. The original experiences of Adam and Eve in purity and happiness "echo" in the heart of every man and woman and are always "at the root of every human experience" (TOB 11:7)

Original Nakedness

The first experience of Adam and Eve when they were naked without shame. Before original sin, lust did not exist, and all sexual desires were pure

(2) Original Sin

The first sin of Adam and Eve, when they distrusted God's plan and chose their own will over the will of God.

(2) Original Unity

the initial experience of perfect unity between man and woman as they lived in perfect communion with each other and gave themselves to each other through the mutual gift of their bodies

(2) Pride

The tendency within Adam and Eve (and all of us) to prefer our wills to the will of God. This is the root of all moral evil in the world.

(2) Second Creation Account

The second telling of the creation of the world in the book of Genesis. The first account focuses on the grand scale of the creation of the world, while the second account focuses on the creation of man and woman as the pinnacle of all creation.

(2) Shame

The tendency to conceal one's sexual value in order to help others see their personal value. It reminds us of our dignity that must be protected

(2) Shameless

Flaunting the body without inhibitions or conscience. Acting shamelessly reflects a false notion of sexual freedom and of the truth of the body.

(2) Spousal Meaning of the Body

This is the call that God has stamped into our bodies as male and female to love as He loves, through a sincere and total gift of self; the marital meaning of the body. It is "the power to express love: precisely that love in which the human person becomes a gift and-- through this gift-- fulfills the very meaning of his being and existence."

(3) Abstinence

The action of self-control that avoids (or abstains from) something. In this case, abstinence means not engaging in sexual intercourse.

(3) Agape

The Greek term for divine, unconditional love; the manner in which God loves us.

(3) Chastity

The virtue that frees us from the selfish attitude of using others, thus making us capable of love. It includes purity of mind, heart, and body, and helps us to order our sexual desires according to our own dignity and the dignity of others

(3) Eros

The Greek word for desire, or passion. It is the inner power that draws us toward all that is good, true, and beautiful

(3) Love and Responsibility

A book by St. John Paul II that explains the importance of living a life that accepts responsibility and, therefore, results in loving others in a responsible manner.

(3) Love as Attraction

Recognizing the good of another person; seeing the inner and outer beauty of another person.

(3) Love as Desire

Wanting a good for yourself through desiring union with the beloved

(3) Love as Goodwill

Willing (or desiring) the good of another person

(3) Personalistic Norm

The principle that recognizes that the only proper and adequate attitude toward human persons is love. The opposite of love is to use a person as a means to an end.

(3) Sexual Repression

The unhealthy attempt to ignore (or bury) sexual desires, rather than embracing them and allowing God to reorder what is disordered in them for the good of oneself and others.

(3) Spousal Love

giving yourself completely to the other person

(3) Temperance

The virte that enables us to take pleasure in the good gifts of God in the balanced way that he intends; one of the four cardinal virtues from which all other virtues come

(3) Total Self-Donation

The total giving of oneself for the good of another

(3) Utilitarianism

While there are several varieties of this philosophy, here we mean a maximizing of pleasure and minimizing of pain, often at the expense of others. When applied in relationships, one can end up using a person for one's own gain. If one's only goal for sexual encounters is pleasure, the other person becomes a means to that end.

(3) Virtue

A firm habit of doing what is good. In its fullest sense, it is not only doing, but delighting in and desiring what is true, good, and beautiful.

(4) Absolution

The action of a priest as a mediator of grace, standing "in the person of Christ," concluding the sacrament of reconciliation._____ cleanses us from our sins through Christ's loving mercy and gives us strength to start anew

(4) Communion of Saints

We already enjoy this communion here on earth with each other (the Church Militant). In spirit, we are connected with those who have died and are still being purified in purgatory (the Church suffering). In prayer, we have communion with the saints in heaven (the Church triumphant), who intercede for us before God. (Revelation 5:8). In the resurrection, we will experience a fullness of communion as members of the Church, sharing eternity together as persons perfectly integrated in bodies and souls

(4) Eschatological Man

The final stage of our perfection, achieved in the resurrection at the end of time, where we'll be freed from any tensions between the flesh and the spirit within ourselves, because we will be perfectly united with God and with one another in the communion of saints.

(4) Eschaton

The final moment of man's earthly existence, when Christ returns and our bodies are raised.

(4) Ethos

One's entire way of living, rooted in the interior world of a person's desires and attractions; based on one's inner perception of values

(4) Glorified Body

The perfected state of the resurrected body as it will be at the end of time; it will be radiating the glory of God.

(4) Hope of Every Day

The daily hope of victory over sin, which is available to us through Christ, who helps us overcome "evil with good" (Romans 12:21)

(4) Spousal

Another word for "marriage-like" or "martial"

(4) Redeem

To pay off a debt through the exchange of something of equal or greater value than the debt owed. Through original sin, an infinite debt was owed to God, thus, only an infinite exchange could be made -- this is why God sent his own Son, Jesus, to redeem and save us

(4) Redemption

The ransom of humanity from the slavery of sin to a new life of freedom through the sacrificial death of Jesus Christ on the cross.

(4) Resurrection of the Body

The joining, at the end of time, of the bodies of the saved with their souls in heaven, at which point they will participate bodily in a face-to-face encounter with God within the marriage of Christ and the Church.

(4) Sexual Addiction

A compulsive, frequent, and disordered habit of seeking sexual pleasures, including fornication/intercourse, pornography, cybersex, sexting, masturbation, and other sexual activities.