Theology Midterm

When was Mother Catherine born?

9/28/1778

Who were her parents?

James and Elinor Conway McGauley

When did they die?

Mom - 1778, Dad - 1783

What was the name of the house she founded?

House of Mercy

When was the foundation stone laid?

July 1824

When did she die?

11/11/1841

What did Catherine say to her sisters on her death bed?

"Preserve union and peace, share a good cup of tea"

She and her sisters were known in Dublin as...

the walking sisters

Who did Catherine live with?

Main family, Armstrongs, Callaghans, Anna Marie Doyle, 4 kids she adopted

Models of faith

Mary and Abraham

Magisterium

The official teaching authority of the church

CCC

a compendium of Church teachings on faith and morals

Revelation

revealing of religious truth, God's free gift of self-communication

Faith

a gift that enables us to believe in God and all that He has revealed to us

Virtues

firm and habitual disposition to do good

Theological Virtues

Baptismal gifts from God that allow our souls to live in relationship with the Holy Trinity, asking God for help

1st line of Apostles Creed

"I believe in God, the Father almighty, Creator of Heaven and Earth, and in Jesus Christ, His only Son, our Lord, who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died, and was buried."

2nd line of Apostles Creed

"He descended into Hell, on the third day He rose again from the dead."

3rd line of Apostles Creed

"He ascended into Heaven and is seated at the right hand of God the Father Almighty, from there He will come to judge the living and the dead."

4th line of Apostles Creed

I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy Catholic Church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and life everlasting. Amen"

5 proofs of St. Thomas Aquinas

1. unmoved mover
2. first cause
3. everything comes from something
4. supreme model
5. grand designer

deism

the belief that God created the universe but shows no further interest in it

secular humanist

humanity doesn't need God to be moral

agnostic

claim that God's existence cannot be known

Doctor of the Church

A church writer of great learning and holiness whose works the church has highly recommended for studying and living the faith.

Salvation History

The story of God's saving action in human history

covenant

The open-ended contract of love between God and human beings

Sacred Tradition

living transmission of the Church's Gospel message

Dogma

A central truth of Revelation that Catholics are obliged to believe

Justice

the state of men and women before Original Sin

Concupiscence

an inclination to commit sin

divine providence

God's loving and watchful guidance over his creatures on their way to perfection

gospel

good news

incarnation

Jesus is both human and divine

First Belief About Jesus

The Word of God became flesh to save us from sin, death, and eternal separation from God

Second Belief About Jesus

The Word became flesh so that thus we might know God's love

Third Belief About Jesus

God took on human flesh to be our model of holiness

Fourth Belief About Jesus

God became human to make us sharers in his divine nature

Evidence for Jesus

Gospels, ancient historians, Talmud

Six Seasons of the Church Calendar

Advent, Christmastime, Ordinary Time, Lent, Triduum and Easter

4 Main Parts of the Mass

Introductory Rites, Liturgy of the Word, Liturgy of the Eucharist, Concluding Rites

Athiest

A person who denies the existence of God

the percent of people around the world that believe in some type of God

90%

50% of the world is

split between Christianity, Judaism, and Islam together

Monotheistic

Belief in one God

Polytheistic

Belief in many gods

4 common elements found in religion

prayer, ritual, sacrifice, and ethical code

Gods identity remains....

a mystery

First Cause

nothing causes itself

Grand Designer

the symmetry, beauty, and power in the world

Supreme Model

we can only speak of degrees of goodness, truth, and beauty by comparing them to a reference point

Unmoved Mover

whatever is in motion had to be moved by something else

Everything comes from something

Nothing cannot create something

1st insight on: How Humans Got Here?

Scientists have yet to explain how life could have evolved from matter

2nd Insight on: How Humans Got Here?

Statisticians say it is virtually impossible for intelligent, human life to appear by mere chance

3rd Insight on: How Humans Got Here?

We can detect a hidden but powerful present Intelligence that is leading and guiding us

the desire for God is written in...

the human heart

Four ways we see the human yearning for God

\-an unquenchable thirst for joy and happiness

\-an experience of beauty and truth

\-a sense of personal conscience, moral goodness, and justice

\-love

Covenant

An open-ended contract of love in which God commits himself totally to Human beings

Most important covenants

\-The Covenant with Noah

\-The Covenant with Abraham

\-The Sinai Covenant

\-Jesus Christ, the New Covenant

The Covenant with Noah

God sent a flood to lead the people back to him

The Covenant with Abraham

Father of all nations has a message that we can all be loved by God

The Sinai Covenant

Moses given laws of mount Sinai for God's chosen people to bring people to God

Jesus Christ, the New Covenant

prefigured Jesus to preach about God, seeing Jesus as the father

Jesus is the \________ of Salvation History

climax

Sacred Scripture

the written record of Divine Revelation found in the books of the Old Testament and the New Testament

Sacred Tradition

The living transmission of the Church's Gospel message found in the Church's teaching, life, and worship

Dogma

A central truth of Revelation that Catholics are obliged to believe

Yahweh (YHWH)

Name meaning "I Am Who I Am"

God is

omnipotent (all-powerful) and omnipresent (everywhere)

nine attributes of God

\-unique (nothing compares)

\-infinite and omnipotent (unlimited and powerful)

\-eternal (infinite in regard to time)

\-immense (not limited to one place, not limited to space)

\-contains all things

\-immutable (doesn't change)

\-utterly simple (cant divide him because he is not material)

\-personal (god is a person you can have a relationship with)

\-holy (extent to which we extend ourselves to God)

Abba

A way of addressing God the Father used by Jesus to call attention to his—and our—intimate relationship with his Heavenly Father. Abba means "my Father" or "our Father" in Aramaic.

We call god the father because....

to represent the closeness and relationship of us to God

eight truths taught by divine revelation

\-God freely created an orderly and good world of nothing

\-God is totally beyond us

\-God guides creation through divine providence

\-God created humans in his image and likeness

\-God created us male and female out of love for love

\-God is the creator of all that is seen and unseen

\-Through essentially good because God made us, humans are tainted with sin

\-Through Jesus Christ and by the power of the Holy Spirit, God invites us into a personal relationship with him

Genesis tells us of who rejecting God's love?

Adam and Eve

consequence of original sin

Loss of the grace of original holiness and original justice

3 ways the reward is manifested for those who believe in one true God...

1\.) We come to knowledge of God's greatness and love for us

2\.) Our life has meaning

3\.) God will always care for us

The life of Jesus is the....

"Greatest Story ever told."

4 Reasons in the CCC as why Word Became Flesh

\-to save us from sin

\-so that thus, we might know God's love \n -to be our model of holiness

\-to make us sharers in his divine nature

The Angel Gabriel revealed himself to Mary to show us that

God had destined him to save the world from sin and death

blasphemy

claiming to make one's self equal to God

Jews expected the Messiah to be....

a political leader

As a prophet:

Jesus spoke for his Father and shared the full message of salvation

As a priest:

Jesus offered his life for all of us on the altar of the cross

As king:

Jesus is the rightful ruler of the universe, one who rules gently and compassionately

Transfiguration

The mystery from Christ's life in which God's glory shone through and transformed Jesus' physical appearance while he was in the company of the Old Testament prophets Moses and Elijah. Peter, James, and John witnessed this event.

the earliest Christian creed

Jesus Christ is Lord

ΑΩ means

Jesus is the beginning and end of our lives

INRI means

Jesus of Nazareth, King of the Jews

{True or False} Non-Christians also provide evidence to Jesus' existence?

True

A convincing argument that early Christians didn't simply invent Jesus:

Would be to ask "What did they have to gain by doing so?"

The purpose of the New Testament?

To announce the fulfillment that God is with us in all things

Parts of the New Testament

1. Gospels (to testify salvation in Jesus using historical Jesus)
2. Acts of the apostles (acts recounting the history of the Church from Pentecost til the arrest of St. Paul)
3. New Testament letters (Highlights the importance in faith of Jesus)
4. Catholic letters (to encourage the Church to remain faithful to Jesus)
5. Revelation to John (encourages Christians under persecution to remain faithful to Jesus)

oral tradition

Literature that passes by word of mouth from one generation to the next. (Kerygma, Didache, Liturgy, and Diakonia)

3 reasons oral preaching was committed to writing

\-Jesus was not coming back during the lifetimes of 1st generation Christians

\-Christians needed a written record of their beliefs

\-To assist both worship services and to instruct new converts

Mark's audience and perspective:

Gentile Christians, Stressed Jesus as the Suffering Servant

Matthew's audience and perspective:

Jewish-Christian, Jesus as the new lawgiver

Luke's audience and perspective:

Gentile Christians, Jesus as the universal Messiah

John's theological perspective:

reflects a more developed theology by presenting Jesus as God's unique Word (who came to be the life and light)

Flight to Egypt

Joseph was warned by An angel that he had to leave Bethlehem. He took Mary and Jesus to Egypt.