Theology final

What is the latin phrase mean “for the greater glory of God”? it’s the motto of the society of Jesus (the Jesuits) and is attributed to St. Ignatius of Loyola

Ad maiorem Dei gloriam

What is the founding and guiding document for the Society of Jesus, written by St. Ignatius of Loyola and adopted in 1533

Constitutions of the Society of Jesus

What is the English translation of the Latin phrase Cura Peronalis

care of the person

What is the Ignatian process of making decisions in a context of faith, seeking to choose what is better rather than what is less good?

discernment

What is the name of the town in northern Spain where St. Ignatius had a powerful spiritual experience that led to his writing the Spiritual Exercised and formulating his worldview of “God in all things”?

Manresna

What are the organized series of activities, reflections, meditations, and other methods of prayer composed by St. Ignatius as a means of exploring the central aspects of Christian faith and especially the life of Jesus

Spiritual Exercises

What is the Ignation method of peaceful daily prayer taught by St. Ignatius in the Spiritual Exercises as a way to notice the presences of God in one’s daily life and to live in and to live in generous response to it?

examen

What is the foundational, graced insight received by Ignatius after her mystical experience at Mabresa? It has become a summary of statement of Ignatian spirituality, the conviction that God and the sacred may be found in all things, in all persons, and in all circumstances

finding God in all things

What are the first three leters of Jesus’s name in Greek? It appears as. a symbol of Christ on the seal of the Society of Jesus?

IHS

A ______ is a member of the Society of Jesus. the term “Jesuit” was initially used as a pejorative term in the order’s early years, but was soon adopted as a positive one by members and friends of the Society

Jesuit

What is the Latin term for “more”, used by St. Ignatius and Jesuits throughout the centuries to indicate a spirit of generous service that is not quantitative and never competitive but is qualitative, especially in terms of love that leads to service

magis

what is the shortened translation of contemplativus simul in actione

contemplative in action

______ is the principle that affirms that every human person possesses dignity and worth and should be afforded respect and just treatment, including the material means necessary for human flourishing

dignity

A process described by St. Ignatius in the Spiritual Exercises that involve reflection and evaluation of desires, impulses, and other feelings when considering courses of action?

discernment of spirits

(T or F) service of faith and promotion of justice is the Hallmark of the Jesuits’ ministry

true

the doctrine of ______ is God’s act of making otherwise estranged human beings part of God’s spiritual family by including them as inheritors of the riches of divine glory. this adoption takes place through our receiving in faith and work of Jesus Christ the Son (Jn 3:16) and receiving the Spirit of adoption (Rom 8:15-16)

adoption

what is the theological term for the redeeming, reconciling, and liberating work og God in Christ? Various theories attempt to explain how Christ accomplishes atonement (reconciliation) through his death and resurrection

atonement

Christus _____ is an atonement theory that interprets Jesus’s death on the cross as Christ’s victory over the powers of sun, death, and the devil

victorus

(T or F) The Christian theological tradition teaches that salvation can be achieved through human effort or power apart from divine grace

false

What is the Latin phrase for being in a sinful state, meaning “curved upon oneself” instead of bending toward God as the object of trust?

incurvatus se

(T or F) some contemporary theologians understand sin as a tragic condition of the creative process rather than the guilt resulting from the guilt resulting from original sin

true

Apart from the _____ of Jesus Christ, the cross means nothing but one more tragedy

resurrection

(T or F) Liberation theology stresses heightened awareness of the “sinful” socioeconomic structures that cause social iniquities and active participation in changing those structures

true

What doctrine concerns God’s gracious judicial verdict in advance of the day of judgement, pronouncing guilty sinners, turn in self-despairing trust to Jesus Christ, forgiven, acquitted of all charges, and declared morally upright in God’s sight

justification

_____ is the process by which humans are saved from the guilt and power of sin and saved for freedom and life lived in the kingdom of God

salvation

What is the atonement theory that interprets Jesus’ death on the cross as restoring the offended honor of God by paying the penalty for the offense and thereby fulfilling divine justice and restoring the offender to God

satisfaction

Why does theology need the language of sin?

grace needed

theological term: Christ transformed human nature

incarnation

theological term: Christ defeated sin

crucifixion

theological term: Christ broke down the barriers between humanity and God

reconciliation

Christ defeated the power of death

resurrection

St. Paul wrote in Ephesians 2:13 “But now in Christ Jesus you who formerly were far off have been brought near by the ____ of Christ

blood

From the Gk. soteria, _____ is the section of theology that deals with the doctrine of salvation

soteriology

(T or F) the holy spirit is seen as effective throughout all creation from beginning to end in the creation and maintenance of the church and through gifts to individuals

true

what are utterannces approximating word and speech usually produced during states of intense religious experience

glossolalia

term: right passions or feelings

orthopathy

right beliefs

orthodoxy

right practice

orthopraxy

right teeth alignment

orthodontics

what is the term that is used to refer to the part of the human being that has a relationship with God

spirit

what is the umbrella term for christian religious movements that experience the baptism or gifts of the Holy Spirit primarily through charismatic gifts, including speaking in tongues

pentecostalism

_______ is the study of the person and work of the Holy spirit

Pneumatology

What is the supernatural work of the Holy Spirit that grants spiritual life to a person who is spiritually dead in sin

regeneration

________ is the process by which the believer is made holy, either by instantaneous work of God or through the process of growth in which the love of God and neighbor comes to dominate the Christian’s intentions and actions

sanctification

(T or F) the Holy spirit is a force or principle or part of God or mode of being

false

(T or F) Genesis 1:1-2 state: “in the beginning god created the heavens and the earth. now the earth was formless and void, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Son of God was hovering over the water

false

what is the Hebrew word that means “breath” “wind” and “spirit”. in the Bible, it is often used to refer to the Holy Spirit?

ruach

(T or F) the Spirit applies tot he church what Christ has accomplished for the church

true

(T or F) Christian theology argues that the divine essence is the dynamic relations of the three person in and through one another

true

What is perichoresis

The Father, Son, and Holy Spirit make room for each other and move in and through one another in such a way that creates a mutual indwelling while still maintaining space for each individually

What is Jurgen Moltmann’s concept that sees God as a group, or a society, bound together by mutual love, accord, and self-giving of its members

social trinity

(T or F) Tritheism is the heresy that the three persons of the Trinity were different “modes” of the Godhead. Adherents believed that the Father, Son and Holy Spirit are not distinct personalities, but different mides of God’s self-revelation

false

What term did St. Irenaeus use to describe how the one God has ordered the salvation of humanity in history

the economy of salvation

(T or F) Perichoresis links the threeness and the unity of the triune God without reducing the threeness to the unity or dissolving the unity in the threeness

true

Jesus commissioned his disciples to baptize the nations in the _____ of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit

name

According to Paul’s teaching in 2 Corinthians 1:21-22, God put his _____ into the Corinthians’ hearts as a deposit, guaranteering what is to come

spirit

What Gk. term refers to a pledge, guarantee, or earnest money, signifying a deposit or down payment securing a future transaction or promise, often used in a spiritual sense to describe the Holy Spirit as a guarantee of the believer’s inheritance

arrabor

from the Greek doxa (meaning “glory”) and logos (meaning “word” or “speaking”), a _____ is a hymn or verse in Christian liturgy that glorifies God, often sung or chanted in usison. it’s a general term for expressions of praise

doxology

(T or F) Lorensen argued that the Western doctrine of the Holy Spirit is disconnected from and no longer integrated with soteriology, ecclesiology, Christology, and theology

true

the Doctrine of the Trinity states that God is _____ being that exists in ______ distinct persons: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit? these three persons share the same nature, essence, and character, but are indivisible and separate

one, three

which of the following is not part of religious and philosophical context for the Doctrine of the Trinity?

Islam

what are the four resources that theologians use to solve theological problems

scripture, tradition, reason, experience

(T or F) Catherine Mowry LaCugna argued that the “shape fo trinitarian doctrine is dictated by the pattern of redemption: nothing comes fro God, is hidden and lost through Jesus Christ and is destroyed by the power of the Holy Spirit

false

What was the 21st century council of the Roman Catholic Church which enacted many reform and recast many doctrines—such as revelation, biblical interpretation, salvation, and ecclesiology—in a new light?

Vatican Council II

the word catholic come from the Gk. kath’holou. What does it mean?

“referring to the whole”

Acts 1:8 documents the last recorded words of Jesus to his disciples. “But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you, and you will be my ____ in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria and to the ends of the Earth

witness

What was the response to the preaching of the gospel in Roman cities

mass conversion, riots, indifference

What is not considered a mark of the church

Church bells

The Protestant _____ was the 16th century movement of theological, liturgical, and moral reforms of the medieval church in Europe led by Hus, Zwingli, Luther, Calvin, and other, which resulted in the formation of various Protestant churches, originally in Europe, subsequently in North America, and now throughout the world

reformation

the papacy refers to the government of the ______

pope

(T or F) The church is 5,000 years old

false

What is the study of the theological doctrine relating to the church

Christology

(T or F) the first amendment of the US Constitution states “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof”

true

the church’s unity is grounded in the ____

saving work of Christ

What are the main three branches of Christianity

Roman Catholic, Protestant, Orthodox

What term means “to remember” not only in the sense of recalling the past as a fact from the past but in participating int he recalled event ao as to share its meaning and power in the present

anamnesis

_____ is the term for the sacrament of bread and wine emphasizing thanksgiving

eucharist

the sacrament known as _____ was one referred as Extreme Unction and ministered only to those in danger of death

anointing of the sick

what term literally means “service” and so it is the work of Christians as their service to God through worship?

liturgy

(T or F) transubstantiation is the Catholic doctrine that in the Eucharist, through a miracle, the bread and wine become the body and blood of Christ through the “properties” or “accidents” appear to our senses to be bread and wine

true

a ______ is an outward sign, channel, or means of an invisible grace through which God conveys Gods presense and power to the recipient

sacrament

(T or F) works righteousness is the idea that salvation is by grace through faith alone

falseth

the sacrament of ______ is a covenant which expresses a relationship between a man and a woman

marriage

James 5:14-15 states: “if anyone is sick let him call for the elders of the church and let them pray over him, _____ hime with oil in the name of the lord”

annointe

(T or F) in the last centuries of the Old Testament era, the Greek word baptizo meant “to immerse”. by the time the New Testament was written, that word described the application of water that included immering, washing and poring

true

what are the only two sacraments practiced by Catholics and Protestants

Baptism and Communion/Eucharist

What concept means “the simultaneous presense of both bread and the body of Christ at one and the same time without change in the substance

consicstantiation

what does ex opere operato mean

performance of action

(T or F) Eschatology is the area of Christian theology known as “the last things”

true