Theology 1

3 mysteries

Trinity, eucharist, incarnation

What makes a mystery

It transcends reason and beyond human intellect

Goal of Spirituality

Human flourishing

Different persons

Divine, angelic, human

Divine

pure spirit (intellect & will), infinite, unlimited, and uncreated

Angelic

Pure spirit (intellect & will), finite, limited, and created

Human

Body, soul (intellect & will), finite, created

Imago Dei

Image of God

Intellect

Truth

Will

Good

What distorts our image in God

Sin

Spirituality def

Living life guided by the holy spirit

superrational

transcending the power of reason.

Important parts of soul

Need a body and a beginning

Eternal definition

without beginning or end

Immortal definition

Never ending but have a beginning

Two most important truths

God and humans

Christian vocation

Beatitude to happiness

Mystics

people who seek direct communion with divine forces (God)

Fundamental sin

selfish self-love

How does St. Catherine of Siena define sin?

loving what God hates and hating what God loves

Why do we desire God?

We were made for him and by him. He made our hearts to be restless until we find him

How do we come to know God?

Revelation and reason

omnipresent

present in all places at all times

omniscient

all-knowing

omnipotent

almighty, having unlimited power or authority

Omnibenevolent

All loving

Cataphatic

Positive theology: we can say what God is

apotheotic

Negative theology

Catechism of the Catholic Church

A book containing a summary of Catholic teaching.

Self Existent

God is not dependent on anything or anyone

What knowledge do we have of God

limited

First Reason for the Incarnation

To save us by reconciling us with God

Second Reason for the Incarnation

So that we might know God's love

Third Reason for the Incarnation

To be our model of holiness

Fourth Reason for the Incarnation

To make us partakers of the divine nature

Four types of grace

sanctifying, actual, sacramental, and special

sanctifying grace

the grace that we receive in the sacraments

What is grace

The free and undeserved gift of God's loving and active presence in the universe and in our lives

Actual Grace

God's interventions and support for us in the everyday moments of our lives

Obtaining grace

Sacraments

Sacramental Grace

The gifts proper to each of the Seven Sacraments.

Charisms

Special gifts the Holy Spirit gives to individual Christians to build up the Church

Graces of State

the help God gives to particular ministries in the Church

Deifying Grace

Another word for sanctifying grace

Filial Adoption

making us partakers by grace in the divine nature

Deification

Result of divine filial adoption