Theology III Midterm 2024

the innermost spiritual part of a person

1. Soul

a letter from the Pope to the Church on issues related to human rights,, social justice, and peace

2. Social Encyclical

The virtue by which people love God above all things for his own sake, and their neighbor as other selves for the love of God.

3. Charity

The human inclination toward sin, caused by Original Sin

4. Concupiscence

The cardinal or moral virtue that consists in the constant and firm will to give God and neighbor their due; the actions that flow from that virtue

5. Justice

6. What is the overarching type of justice that ensures the other types?

Social Justice

7. What is the Common Good always oriented towards?

progress of persons

8. What is the theological virtue of love for God and neighbor?

Charity

9. What justice applies the gospel message of Jesus Christ to the structures, systems, and laws of society in order to guarantee the rights of individuals?

Social Justice

10. What is the root of social sin?

Personal Sin

The type of justice that governs exchanges between individuals and private groups.

11. Commutative Justice

The type of justice that governs what the greater community owes individuals based on their contribution and needs

12. Distributive Justice

The type of justice that governs what individuals owe their country and society

13. Legal Justice

the application of the virtue of justice. The defense of human dignity by ensuring that social structures and institutions on all levels, provide for essential human needs

14. Social Justice

the effect that every personal sin has on others; sin that violates the freedom, dignity, or rights of others; the collective effect of such sins, which can affect society and its institutions to create structures of sin

15. Social Sin

16. Our end goal is to build _______________________.

God's Kingdom

17. Why can we not achieve the end goal here on earth?

Sin

18. The foundation of Social Teaching is based around ________________, which accounts for a person's duties and essential rights.

Moral Law

19. That which is written into the very nature of humanity and established by reason so that all men and women can come to know it without any special external revelation, though __________ ultimately comes from God.

Natural Law

20. Justice is a theme throughout the __________

Decalogue

21. The Church's modern social teachings originate from who? ____________

Pope Leo XIII

Christ's work of Redemption, accomplished principally by his Passion, Death, Resurrection, and glorious Ascension.

22. Paschal Mystery

The Church's social doctrine, which is articulated as she interprets events in the course of history, with the assistance of the Holy Spirit, in the light of the truth of Revelation.

23. Catholic Social Teaching

Official teaching authority of the Church.

24. Magisterium

Moral knowledge written in every human heart and that every human person innately possesses. It is universal, permanent, and unchanging.

25. Natural Law

An economic and political system in which trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit

26. Capitalism

A social- economic system based on the common ownership of the means of production and exchange of wealth.

27. Socialism

A social or political system in which all economic and social activity is controlled by a totalitarian government dominated by a single political party.

28. Communism

The virtue of social charity, friendship, and responsible sharing whereby the interdependence among all people is recognized.

29. Solidarity

The proper use of the gifts God has given us, in particular, the care for creation that will allow the earth and its resources to flourish and last for future generations.

30. Stewardship

The moral principle that large organizations or governments should not interfere with, or take over, responsibilities that can be administered by individuals and local organizations, but rather should support them, always with a focus on the common good.

31. Subsidiarity

32. God's ________ is reflected in each person no matter who they are

image

33. This gives each person inherent ___________ and makes each person worthy of profound respect

inherent dignity

34. The sacredness of a human person was affirmed in the ___________

Incarnation

35. This Principle is sometimes referred to as the ____________ , which seeks to affirm the unique value of each human person in the world of nature

Personalistic Norm

36. When we disregard the dignity of others, the result is that people are treated merely as stepping stones for ________ interests.

selfish

37. The human person is the __________________ of society, so people are the very purpose of society

"ultimate end"

38. Because we are all made in God's image and likeness. And we are all called to happiness in him everyone is therefore equal in ___________.

dignity

39. The clearest assaults on the dignity of the human person are those that ________ the life of another person.

End

A person is to be treated as a unique individual. Sacredness of humans was affirmed at the incarnation ; when God became human through Jesus Christ.

40. Personalistic Norm

the deliberate termination of pregnancy by killing the unborn child

41. Abortion

Formula that aids in evaluating the morality of an act that causes an outcome one normally avoids

42. Principle of Double Effect

"Easy death" or "any act or omission which of itself or by intention, causes death to eliminate suffering"

43. Euthanasia

The process of ending ones own life with the help of a doctor rather than directly the doctors hand

44. Physician-Assisted Suicide

45. It is a clear principle of Catholic morality that a good end or purpose does not _________ an evil means to that end.

Justify

46. Interestingly, no cures have been attributed to ________________ stem cells.

embryonic

47. Now even if embryonic stem cell research does become successful, it does not change the fact that the process destroys ______________ lives.

innocent

48. Reproductive cloning reduces the person to an object to be manipulated and controlled by another, even before he or she comes into existence; it is greatly contrary to the ___________.

personalistic norm ????

49. Euthanasia can be ________________ or __________________.

Voluntary, Involuntary

50. It is morally permissible to _________ extraordinary medical treatment, especially those disproportionately burdensome to the quality of ones dying life.

refuse

51. However, a person must always and allow _____________ medical treatment.

ordinary

52. ___________________________ is not considered an intrinsic evil, because there are cases in which it can be morally permissible.

Capital Punishment

53. To protect the __________________, legitimate public authority has the right to impose punishment in due proportion to the seriousness of the offense.

common good

54. If the death penalty is the only way to stop an unjust aggressor and protect citizens' lives, legitimate authority has the ________________ to impose the death penalty.

prerogative

a name given for the Christian family. In the family, parents and children exercise their priesthood of the baptized by receiving God, receiving the sacraments, and witnessing to Christ and the Church by living as faithful disciples.

55. Domestic Church

faithfulness, one of the purposes of marriage. Both spouses give of themselves definitively and totally to one another. They are no longer two, now form one flesh.

56. Fidelity

fruitfulness. Refers to procreation and education of children as one of the purposes of marriage.

57. Fecundity

Marital infidelity, or sexual relations between two persons, at least one of whom is married to another.

58. Adultery

Sexual intercourse between an unmarried man and an unmarried woman

59. Fornication

60. The ______________ Theme of Catholic Social Teaching is the "call to family, community, and participation."

Second

61. Now being part of a community does not negate one's _____________________; instead, it should aim to support and uphold the dignity of individual human persons

individuality

62. It is not by being alone that one's worth is established, but rather by placing oneself "in ______________ with others and with God."

relation

63. The Trinity is a communion of persons where "God himself is an external exchange of love, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit". _______________________ then is rooted in us because we are made in God's Image and Likeness.

Social Nature

64. ____________ is the first social group naturally possible

Family

65. So, calling the family "the original cell of social life" indicates that just as any living thing is made up of many cells, so too is any ____________ built from families.

Society

66.Family life begins with the __________________ of a man to a woman.

Marriage

67.The __________________ of man and woman gives rise to the community of the family.

Communion

68. _______________ is more than just upholding the commandments, It is a lifestyle of freedom that involves the entire person, at every stage of his or her life

Chastity

69. One of the starting points of Chastity is a proper understanding of _________love, or the sexual act in marriage

Conjugal

70. ___________ is designed to deny the procreative dimension of the sexual union of spouses.

Artificial Contraception

71. Couples who use Natural Family Planning do not use _________________ therefore not changing the conjugal act, instead they are merely choosing abstinence during certain periods of the month. The act is still procreative because they have not done anything to change it.

Contraception

72. The Church states that a child is not something ________ to a couple, but rather a ________, the greatest gift of marriage.

owed, gift

73. A couple who lives together as if they were married, without the commitment of a sacramental marriage, commits a sin against the __________ of marriage.

Dignity

74. You are called to love __________, but you do not have a right to marry _________

Everyone, Anyone

the use of mechanical, chemical, or medical means to prevent conception from taking place as a result of sexual intercourse

75. Artificial Contraception

fertilization of a woman's ovum with a man's sperm through cynical procedure, then implanting the fertilized egg in the woman's uterus. : violates dignity of procreation

76. In Vitro Fertilization

fertility technique in which a man's sperm and a woman's egg are united through cynical means - most commonly by injecting sperm into a woman's cervical canal.

77. Artificial Insemination

medical process in which a woman becomes pregnant through artificial means and carries the child for someone else. The procedure separates intercourse from the act of procreation and is morally wrong

78. Surrogate Motherhood

living together in a sexual relationship without lifelong commitment of a sacramental marriage

79. Cohabitation

Name five attributes of the human person. (1 point each)

Made in the image of God

Union between Body and Soul

Free Will

Rational Intellect

Relations

List the 7 themes of Catholic Social Teaching (1 point each)

Life and Dignity of the Human Person

Call for Family, Community and Participation

Rights and Responsibilities

Option for the Poor and Vulnerable

Dignity of Work and the Rights of Workers

Solidarity

Stewardship

Essay 1 - What is the church's stance on homosexuality? What do they call for people who have homosexual tendencies to do?

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Essay 2 - What is the church's stance on Artificial Contraception? What are the reasons as to why it is either good or bad to use Artificial Contraception? What does the Church state couples should do instead of using Artificial Contraception?

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