Religion Midterm

\_______________ is the virtue that inclines one to co-operate with others in order to help make the institutions of society better serve the \_______________.

Social justice, common good

The \________________ is the sum total of all those conditions of social living - economic, political, cultural - which make it possible for women and men readily and fully to achieve THE PERFECTION OF OUR HUMANITY.

Common good

Who is our current Pope?

Pope Francis

Sedaquah and Shalom are Hebrew words that mean \__________ and \____________.

Justice, peace

In describing the quality of Shalom, Pope Saint Paul VI said that "\__________ is not just the absence of war."

Peace

Genesis 1:27 - 28 proclaims that all human beings are created \___________________.

In God's image and likeness

Jesus' "Great Commandment" is to love \________ with all of your heart, soul and mind and love \_________________ as yourself.

God, your neighbor

Rerum Novarum means "new things". What "new thing" - new change in the world - did Pope Leo XIII see at the end of the 19th Century?

Industrial revolution

\_____________________ refers to the responsibilities that individuals owe society.

Legal justice

\____________________ refers to the responsibilities society has towards its members.

Distributive Justice

\___________________ refers to the fairness that should exist when exchanging goods and services among individuals and institutions.

Commutative Justice

\___________________ occurs when offender, victim and community are reconciled. Essential for building a Christian community.

Restorative justice

What are the two "feet" of social justice?

Charity and justice

Which is the "Keystone" (primary) social justice principle?

Respect for life

Solidarity: States that all human beings are \_____________ and \_________________.

Brothers and sisters

Right to work: Includes what four rights?

Job, living wage, union, decent and safe

Universal Destination of Creation: States that the right to private ownership is \______________.

Limited

Preferential Option for the Poor: We must consider the needs of the poor \__________.

First

Jesus - "Whatever you do to the least of my sisters and brothers, you do to \________."

me

Horton - "A \__________ a \___________, no matter how small."

person's, person

List Gandhi's seven deadly social sins

1. Politics w/o principle
2. Wealth w/o work
3. Commerce w/o morality
4. Pleasure w/o conscience
5. Education w/o character
6. Science w/o humanity
7. Worship w/o sacrifice

List SIX major areas where the Church sees violations of the Right to Life principle in American Society

1. IVF
2. Stem Cells
3. Abortion
4. Death Penalty
5. Euthanasia
6. War and Peace

The Catholic belief that life is sacred from the moment of conception to natural death is Sometimes referred to as the \_________________________________.

Seamless garment of life

The Supreme Court decision known as "Roe v. Wade" affirmed a woman's right to \________________

Abortion

Abortion is considered a violation of what commandment?\_____________________. However, the Church calls upon us to show \______________ to women who have had abortions.

5th, mercy

Stem cell research involving human embryonic cells is prohibited by Church teaching because\______________________________________.

The embryo is destroyed

Pope Francis declared that \____________________ is "never acceptable".

Death penalty

The Church teaches that methods to help a couple conceive a child are morally acceptable provided they \__________________ the natural reproductive act and not \________________.

Aid, replace it

Hospice care for the terminally ill is \__________________ with Catholic belief and teaching.

Consistent

Jesus said that if someone strikes you on your left cheek you should \_______________________.

Give them your right

\___________ is the belief that war and violence are immoral even in self-defense.

Pacifism

Just War Theory:

A) First developed by ______________.

B) Must the decision to go to war be a last resort? ___

C) Are Catholics required to accept it? _________________

D)The principle of ____________________ requires that only the minimum force necessary is used.

A) Saint Augustine, B) yes, C) no, D) proportionality

In their pastoral letter entitled The Challenge of Peace, the bishops of the United States seriously questioned whether \________________ could ever be used in a proportional way.

Nuclear weapons

Christians are always required to work for the \___________________.

Common good

Pope Francis said that creating a culture of \_________ and \_____________ is the only way to achieve lasting Peace.

Dialogue, encounter

The United Nations:

A) When was the United Nations founded? _________________.

B) Why was the UN founded?________________________________________.

C) The universal declaration of human rights applies to __________________

D) The three major purposes of the United Nations are to: 1) work for___*; 2) Encourage and assist _; 3) Provide adequate _*________________

A) 1945

B) to promote peace

C) everyone

D) peace, economic development, health care

\___________ of the major religions and belief systems of the world include the Golden Rule.

All

A person in the \______________ of moral development according to Lawrence Kohlberg would Be most open to the social justice teaching of the Church because\_________________________.

Post conventional stage, he/she recognizes universal principles

According to Genesis 1, at the end of each day of creation, God looked at all that God had made and said it was \_____________.

Good

On the sixth day, God created \________ in God's own image.

Humans

God expects human beings to be good \__________ of creation.

Stewards

The Bible ends with a promise of a new \_________ and a new \_________.

Heaven, earth

Both Pope \_________ and Saint \_________ show us the connection between concern for nature, justice for the poor, commitment to society, and interior peace.

Francis, Francis

Lautado Si (On Care for our Common Home) is a letter written to the Church by \_______

Pope Francis

The social justice principle that Lautado Si focuses most upon is\__________.

Stewardship

The film "Blue Planet" focuses on the wonders of \__________________.

Earth

Pope Francis writes that violence in our hearts eventually causes harm to the \___________.

Earth

In the film, "Blue Planet", we see the first image ever of the earth taken from \_____.

Space

The \______________ is the Christian belief that God became a human being in the person of Jesus of Nazareth.

Incarnation

The \__________ were given to Moses at Mount Sinai who was instructed to give them to the Hebrew people.

Ten Commandments

Jesus was baptized by\____________.

John the Baptist

The first Sacrament every Christian must receive is the sacrament of \_____________ .

Baptism

The collection of sacred writings which the Church considers to be Inspired by the Holy Spirit is called the \__________.

Bible

The Bible consists of two parts: the \_______ Testament and the \________ Testament

Old, new

During his ministry Jesus performed many \__________.

Miracles

Jesus proclaimed the coming of the \___________________.

Kingdom of God

In the "Our Father", we pray to God to forgive our trespasses as we forgive those who have \_____________________.

Trespassed against us

\____________ said that the Church is the "Body of Christ".

St. Paul

The film "Pennies a Day" is set in the country of \_________________.

Bangladesh

In the film, Dr. Yunus wondered why the poor were working so hard but \______________.

Still poor

The film emphasizes what social justice principle?\______________________________.

Preferential option for the poor