theology midterm study guide

What is the definition of a person?

a body soul composite

What is the definition of love?

to will the good of the other

What is the definition of freedom?

having the right to do what we ought, not what we want

What is the definition of eschaton?

the final judgement

What are the 4 last things?

Death, Judgement, Heaven, Hell

What is original sin?

the result of the sin of Adam

Who is the new Adam?

Jesus Christ

What are preternatural gifts?

favors granted by God above and beyond the natural powers or capacities of a creature

What are the names of God?

Elohim and Yahweh

Do people with disabilities have the same dignity as everyone else?

yes

Who are included in the Mystical Body of Christ?

all baptized Christians

Who is part of the Domestic Church?

all baptized members of a family

What does corporate personality mean?

one exists in many, many exists in one

What are the life vocations?

Marriage, Priesthood, Religious life

What are the 4 characteristics of Marital life?

Free, Total, Faithful, Fruitful

What are the 4 loves?

Stoge, Philia, Eros, Agape

What does Stoge mean?

empathy

What does Philia mean?

friendship

What does Eros mean?

romantic

What does Agape mean?

unconditional love of God

Do people become angels when they die?

No

What are the 3 capacities of humans?

Mentally, Morally, Socially

What is the purpose of dating?

to get married

What is human dignity?

the knowledge that humans are created in the image and likeness of God

What is intrinsic dignity?

dignity that you have from being created in the image and likeness of God

Can intrinsic dignity be lost?

No

What is extrinsic dignity?

things that you can achieve

Can extrinsic dignity be lost?

Yes

What is sacrificial love?

choosing the good of the other over self

How is it proven that God created Eve, not Adam?

Adam was sleeping

What are the 12 fruits of the Holy Spirit?

charity, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, generosity, gentleness, faithfulness, modesty, self control, chastity

What is the foundational sacrament of the domestic church?

Baptism

How did original sin affect our ability to love?

It weakened our ability to love

True or False?: A leading polling organization (Gallup) has found that Americans who are religious and attend church at least once a week are significantly happier than those who are non-religious.

True

True or False?: The mystery of the Holy Trinity may be compared to a family which is selfess in its love for each other.

True

True or False?: Perfect and complete happiness can be achieved in this life.

False

True or False?: Throughout the history of mankind there have been many religions that have engaged in offering prayers, sacrifices and rituals in order to express belief and worship in a divine being.

True

True or False?: Only through the “salvific religion” of Christianity—a religion that offers personal salvation through Christ—can humans truly know God intimately.

True

True or False?: If we ignore God and forget about God, God will ignore and forget us.

False

True or False?: All Persons of The Most Holy Trinity have existed since the beginning of time and are co-equal to each other.

True

True or False?: St. Thomas Aquinas believed that humans could know nothing about God from their own reason and intellect.

False

True or False?: Monotheism is the belief in many gods.

False

True or False?: Theology is the study of the nature of God and religious truth.

True

Atheistic humanism means that a person:

alone determines his or her own fate.

Atheism and agnosticism are sins against the virtue of __________

religion

Using the ability to reason can help a person to arrive at a belief in God. This process is called _______________

Natural Revelation

The Deposit of Faith ___________________________

is the teaching authority of the Church

The self-communication of God to mankind is called ________________

Divine Revelation

Sacred Scripture includes ___________________

Old and New Testaments

How many books are there in the Old Testament?

46

How many books are there in the New Testament?

27

Our heart is _____ until it rests in you.

Restless

Who was St. Augustine addressing when he said “Our heart is restless until it rests in you”?

God

What are the 5 proofs for God’s existence from St. Thomas Aquinas?

God is the unmoved mover, God is the first cause, Everything comes from something and God is the something, God is the supreme model, and God is the grand designer

Who are the 3 persons of the Holy Trinity?

The Father, the son, and the Holy Spirit

What are the 2 parts of the Deposit of Faith?

Sacred Scripture and Sacred Tradition

The way God communicates knowledge of himself to mankind.

Divine Revelation

The central mystery of the Christian faith. It teaches that there are Three Persons in one God.

The Holy Trinity

The fact that the Son of God assumed a human nature in order to accomplish our salvation in it.

Incarnation

The official teaching authority of the Church, made up of the bishops in communion with the pope.

Magisterium

An indifference to religion and a belief that religion should be excluded from civil affairs and public education.

Secularism

A person who believes in the existence of God.

Theist

Which theological virtue is an acknowledgement of an allegiance to God?

Faith

What are truths contained in or connected to Divine Revelation that you must believe?

Dogmas

What is the belief, in opposition to Christian doctrine, that there are many gods?

Polytheism

What is the living transmission of the Church’s Gospel message found in the Church’s teaching, life, and worship?

Sacred Tradition

What is the written transmission of the Church’s Gospel message found in the Church’s teaching, life, and worship?

Sacred Scripture

The Catholic Church teaches that God dictated the Bible to the authors.

False

God respected the freedom of the human writers, but in every case, the Holy Spirit guided the author in the Truth.

True

The Church discerned the inspired books for the Bible through her Sacred Tradition.

True

Historical criticism identifies literary genres and seeks to determine how each biblical book took shape in the period of oral tradition before the authors put it into writing.

True

Scientific research and Christian faith do not contradict one another.

True

A literalist interpretation of the bible takes into consideration the cultural background of the author.

False

Because the Bible was written so many years ago, it has absolutely no relevance or meaning for a teenager today.

False

God is the true author of the Bible and God worked through many different human authors in order to convey religious and spiritual truths.

True

The New Testament authors wrote primarily in the Latin language.

False

The written Word of God is “without error” in matters pertaining to religious truths and salvation.

True

The Council of Hippo, 393AD, and the Council of Carthage, 397AD, were responsible for approving the use of the Old Testament the New Testament canons that are in use today.

True

The Old Testament’s deuterocanonical books were originally written in Greek.

True

The Catholic translation of the Bible used at every Holy Mass in the United States is The International Lutheran Version.

False

Christians may consider “everyday life” as a preparation for reading the Bible because of the routine of regularly interpreting oral and written communications.

True

St. Jerome said: “What [Saint] Augustine is ignorant of; no man has ever known.”

True

The Bible is:

A written record of Divine Revelation

The statement, “Sacred Tradition cannot reveal religious truths that contradict one another,” refers to:

the analogy of faith

The important Church Father who translated the Bible from the original languages into The Vulgate

St. Jerome

Which “scholarly biblical criticism” focuses on the editors and the theology of the editors?

redaction criticism

Which “scholarly biblical criticism” which focuses on determining the historical and cultural context?

historical criticism

Biblical Old Testament fragments that were discovered in Israel in the late 1940’s and that pre-date Christ are called:

the Dead Sea Scrolls

Which of the following popes called the Second Vatican Council held from 1962 through 1965?

Pope John XXIII

Which of the following words do we use when we describe how God authored Sacred Scripture?

Inspired

Who can guide you toward a more correct interpretation of Sacred Scripture?

All the above (The Magisterium, The Holy Spirit, and Scripture Scholars)

Who is quoted as having said that “ignorance of the Scriptures is ignorance of Christ”?

St. Jerome

Catholic Bibles contain seven books that are not a part of the Protestant Bible. We describe these as ______________.

Deuterocanonical

St. Jerome translated the entire Bible from the original variety of languages into _______________.

Latin

Biblical scholars use ______________ to determine the literal sense of the Bible.

Exegesis

Which of the following is not an example of a literary genre found in the Bible?

Novel

A sign and source of grace instituted by Christ and entrusted to the Church to give Divine life:

Sacrament

Instruction through the Word of God to live good and just lives:

Moral sense

What type of biblical criticism aims to find out where biblical material came from?

Source Criticism

What biblical sense teaches what individual passages mean in the context of salvation?

Allegorical sense