Theology Test 1

Imago Dei

Imago Dei

• God is our father and responsible for our existence

• Like God, human life is sacred

• We have: intelligence, free will, and a capacity to love

The Fall

• Man and woman were in a state of original justice

• When Adam and Eve sin there is a fall from grace and we are in a state of origional sin

Exitus Et Reditus

(Exit and return) God is both our begining and end

Sanctifying Grace

That which makes us whole/like God'; it is the supernatural gift of God to man for his eternal salvation

Preternatural Gifts

Suspension of the natural —> Adam and eve are preserved from death, pain and the desire to sin as long as they do not eat from the tree

Evil

Lack of an owed good

Original Sin

1) The sin of Adam and Eve

2) Our falling nature and separation from God

Sacrament

Efficacious (that which produces an effect) sign of grace instituted by Christ for our salvation by which divine life is dispensed to us (by the gift of the Holy Spirit)

Imitate the natural phases of life

NECESSARY FOR SALVATION

Sacraments of Initiation

Allow us to enter into life with God

• Baptism (Washes away original sin)

• Confirmation

• Eucharist

Sacraments of Healing

Allow us to be healed by Christ

• Reconciliation

• Anointing of the Sick

At the Service of Communion

Allow us to participate in Christ’s mission of building up the Church

• Holy Matrimony

• Holy Orders

Physical vs. Spiritual

Man is a physical being, so the sacraments are a physical representation of the spiritual

Criteria for a Sacrament

It is an outward sign which confers inward grace in which has been divinely instituted

Essential Elements of a Sacrament

• Form: Necessary ritual words and signs that accompany a sacrament

• Matter: The material/physical sign of a sacrament (water for baptism)

• Minister: The person who administers/celebrates the sacrament (Jesus is the primary minister)

• Recipient: One who receives the sacrament (must be baptized)

Church

Those called together from all nations, who, through baptism, belong to the body of Christ

Church Responsibility

Called to safeguard the profound gift of the sacraments for salvation of man

Divinization/Theosis

Transformative process whose aim is union with

God (glorification of man)

Salvation

If it is known that god has appointed external, visible ceremonies as the means by which man is restored to divine life in heaven it will be necessary to obtain and make use of them

Sacramental Grace

The special help which God gives to attain the end for which he instituted each sacrament

Sacramental vs. Sanctifying Grace

Sacramental is different and specific to each sacrament

Sanctifying general and given in all sacraments

Sacramental Character

An indelible (unremovable) seal which marks the soul at the reception of Baptism, Confirmation and Holy Orders

This ensures that these sacraments can only be received once

Chief Effects of Sacraments

• Sanctifying Grace

• Sacramental Grace

• Sacramental Character

Sacraments of the Dead

When we sin we become spiritually dead, but these renew grace

• Baptism

• Reconciliation

Sacraments of the Living

Assume that you have divine life within

• Confirmation

• Holy Matrimony

• Eucharist

• Holy Orders

• Anointing of the Sick