Religious Education

What is the first commandment

You shall worship the lord our god and him only you shall serve

What does the first commandment embrace

• faith

• hope

  • Charity

A constant, unchangeable being, always the same, faithful and just, without any evil

God

Who speaks that the “obedience of faith” is our first obligation

St. Paul

As a christian what is our first obligation

Obedience of faith

Is the principle and explanation for all moral deviations

Ignorance of God

What are the various ways of sinning against faith

• Voluntary Doubt

• Incredulity

  • Hope

Disregards and defuses to hold as true what God has revealed

Voluntary Doubt

refers to the hesitation in believing, difficulty in overcoming objections connected with the faith, and or also anxiety around obscurity

Nonvoluntary doubt

What can lead to spiritual blindness

Doubt

Is the neglect of revealed truthn or the willful refusal to assent it

Incredulity

The obstinate post-baptismal doub of some truth

Heresy

total repudiation of the christian faith

Apostasy

Refusal submission to roman pontiff

Schism

Is the confident expectation of divine blessing and the beatific vision of God

Hope

Fear of offending God’s love and incurring punishment

Hope

What does the first commandment concern itself with

Sin against hope like despair and Presumption

is contrary to God’s goodness, to his justice

Despair

What are the two types of presumptions

• Presumes upon his own capactiy

  • Presumes upon God’s almighty power or his mercy

What are the ways you can sin against God’s love

• Indifference

• Hatred of God

• Ingratitude

• Lukewarmness

  • Acedia

neglects or refuses to reflect on divine charity

Indifference

Where does the hatred of God come from

Pride

fails or refuses to acknowledge divine charity

Ingratitude

is hesitation or negligence in responding to divine love

Lukewarmness

Known as spiritual sloth goes as far as torefuse the joy that comes from God

Acedia

What are the theological Virtues

• Faith

• Hope

  • Charity

What is the first act of virtue

Adoration

it accomplishes acts of faith, hope and charity enjoined by the first commandment

Prayer

Is an indispensable condition for being able to obey God’s Commandment

Prayer

Is a deliberate and free promise to God

Vows

Is an act of devotion in which a Christian dedicates himself to God

Vows

What is the original cell of social life

Family

Other word for respect for parents

Filial piety

Other word for Respect

Filial respect

How can you show filial Respect

-True docility and obedience

What is God’s Fourth Commandment all about?

Honor all for our good have received authority in society from God

How to measure the exercise of authority

through Divine origin, reasonable nature and direct Object

What does God call when Man becomes the enemy of his fellow man

Fratricide

What is the fifth commandment all about

Direct and intentional killing is a graceful sin

An attitude or behaviour which leads another to do evil

Scandal

What virtue lets us avoid any kind of excess

The virtue of temperance