2022 Midterm Study Guide Religion

1. Conscience - the ability to know the difference between good and evil and right an wrong
2. Free will - God’s gift to human beings of the freedom and ability to choose what to do
3. Original Sin - the state of sin and the loss of our share in God’s life that we inherit from the sin of the first human beings
4. Natural Laws - the law of God within us, which is known by human reason
5. Eternal Life - a life of happiness with God forever
6. Grace - a participation, or a sharing, in God’ s life and friendship
7. Holiness - a participation in God's goodness and a response to God's love by the way we live
8. Kingdom of God - the power of God active in our lives had in our world. Jesus invited everyone to enter God's Kingdom by=y listening to his teaching and repenting of sin.
9. Human Dignity - the value and worth that we share because God created us in his image and likeness
   10. Moral decision-making - the process by which we make choices between right and wrong, good and evil, eternal life and sin
   11. Well-formed conscience - a conscience that is educated so that it is able to recognize what is good and the direct us to act on that good
   12. Social sin - unjust situations and conditions that negatively impact society and its institutions
   13. Catechism - summary of Cathloic faith to guide the whole Church; teachings of the Church
   14. Absolution - the priest, in the person of Christ and through the power of the Holy Spirit, absolves (forgives) the person's sins during the Sacrament of Penance and Reconciliation
   15. Great Commandment - Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: Love your neighbor as yourself.’
   16. Idolatry - giving worship to a creature of thing instead of God
   17. Atheism - a sin against the first commandment in which one rejects or densis God’s existence
   18. Sacred - holy
   19. Reverence - honor love, and respect
   20. Blasphemy - a thought word or act that makes of or shows contempt for hatred for God, the Church and the saints, or sacred objects
   21. Perjury - the act of making a false oath
   22. Sabbath - a day set apart to rest and honor God
   23. Paschal Mystery - the suffering death, resurrection and ascension of Jesus Christ
   24. Human sexuality - the gift of being able to feel, think, choose, love and act as the male or female person God created us to be
   25. Adultery - infidelity in marriage, unfaithfulness to one’s husband or wife
   26. Chastity - the virtue by which we use our human sexuatily in a responsible and faithful way
   27. Stealing - is any action that unjustly takes away property or rights of others
   28. Justice - respecting the rights of others and giving them what is rightfully theirs
   29. Lie - damages our own name, makes us lose respect for ourselves, and hurts other people
   30. Temptation - the attraction to choose sin
   31. Covet - is to wrongly desire someone or something
   32. Temperance - which moderates (lessens) the attraction of pleasure and helps us bring our desires into balance
   33. Modesty - which means the thinking, speaking, acting, and dressing in ways that show respect for ourselves and others
   34. Greed - an excessive desire to have or own things
   35. Envy - feeling of sadness when someone else has the things we want for ourselves
   36. Gentiles - non- Jewish
   37. Persecute - harass or annoy someone
   38. Eyewitness - one who sees an occurrence or an object
   39. Magisterium - living office of the Church, which is all the popes and bishops
   40. Tradition - a doctrine believed to have divine authority though not in the scriptures
   41. Testament - A statement of belief
   42. Old Testament - part of the Bible before the time of Jesus
   43. New Testament - part of Bible during the time of Jesus
   44. Liturgical Year - the year of the catholic church
   45. Liturgy - the first part of Mass
   46. Advent - the four weeks before Christmas, and also the beginning of the liturgical year -- is the season for preparation for the coming of Jesus Christ
   47. Incarnation - truth that the son of God became man
   48. Christmas - During Christmas we will celebrate Jesus’ birth and rejoice in the Incarnation. We will celebrate that , in Jesus Christ, God became human like us in all ways except sin
   49. Solemnity - important day
   50. Epiphany - celebrate that God the Father revealed his Son to all the nations

Study the following major ideas or themes from the material in

Chapters 1 - 2

• God created us in his likeness and image thus we reflect his love and eternal goodness.
• Our value and worth is our human dignity
• How does God’s Natural Law and our conscience direct us?

The law of God within us is known as the natural law. The Natural Law is understood through our conscience

• Although we have a conscience, we also have free will. How does this affect decisions we make?

Our conscience is our ability to know the difference between good and evil and right from wrong

• What is Original Sin? How is Original Sin removed?

Through God’s gift of free will, the freedom and ability to choose what to do, we can choose to love and praise God and lovingly towards one another.

The “first sin” committed by the first human beings is called Original Sin.

• Know the difference between mortal sin and venial sin.

Very serious sin that breaks our relationship with God is mortal sin. Less serious sins that weaken our friendship with God is a venial sin.

• How are venial sins removed? What is the only way to remove mortal sins?

The life of grace in us is strengthened when we are absolved of venial sins or restored when we are absolved of mortal sin.

• Be able to explain the Blessed Trinity.

1. God the Father B. God the Son OF. God the Holy Spirit

• Explain how we use moral decision-making when we make choices.

As disciples of Jesus Christ, we are called to choose actions that show our love for God, others, and ourselves. The process by which we make these choices is called moral decision making. Our conscience helps us to determine the mortality of our actions, that is, whether our actions are right or wrong, good or sinful. Explain the formation of a well-formed conscience.

What affects our conscience and how does our conscience help us?

A well-formed conscience is a conscience that is educated so that it is able to recognize what is good and then direct us to act on that good.

• What are the effects of the Sacrament of Penance and Reconciliation?

Examination of Conscience, Contrition, Penance, Absolution, Act of Contrition

• How does Jesus call us to be cautious of social sins? What example did Jesus provide as our guide?

These sins can give rise to “structures of sin”, to unjust situations and to conditions that impact negatively in society and its institutions. This is social sin. As Jesus’ disciples, each of us is called to follow his example in word and deed. So we must be aware of all our sins, asking God for mercy and opposing all social sin in the same way that we avoid personal sins

• Knowing the first three of the Ten Commandments instruct us on loving God.
• Knowing the last seven of the Ten Commandments instruct us on loving ourselves and others.
• Know the meaning behind each commandment.
• Know that the commandments are part of God’s revelation that expresses what is instinctively moral to each of us.
• Know how the commandments are interpreted today by the Church and be able to recognize how commandments are broken for various situations.Be able to determine
• Be able to apply the commandments to given situations
• Jesus taught a New Commandment: “I give you a new commandment: love one another.As I have loved you, so you should love one another.” Be able to state this commandment.
• Know the Beatitudes as Jesus’s teaching for eight ways to living in happiness and attaining eternal happiness.

How does the Church teach us to live by the Beatitudes?

When we live out the message of the Beatitudes, we can find true happiness in God.

• Jesus was asked to recite the “Greatest Commandment”. Be able to state the Greatest Commandment. (Both parts)

Jesus said, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind. This is the first and the greatest commandment. The second is like it: ``You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”

The Bible -- Important details

• Explain the New Testament books, numbers of each type, and reasons why each was written.
• Who wrote the Gospels and in what order were they written?

Matthew, Mark, Luke, John

• Two parts of the Bible and the covenant and fulfillment should be explained.

OT - part of Bible before Jesus NT - part of Bible during time of Jesus

• Number of books in the Old Testament and New Testament

OT - 39 NT - 27

What is the religious significance of the Liturgical Year - Advent - Christmas Season

• What is the liturgical year?

The year of the Catholic church

• What is the meaning or what is celebrated through the liturgical year?

The life, death, resurrection, and ascension of Jesus

• What are the six major events or seasons of the liturgical year?

Advent, Christmas, Ordinary Time, Lent, Triduim, Easter

• What is the purpose of Advent in the liturgical year?

A time to prepare for Christ’s Coming

• In what ways are we awaiting Christ through Advent?

By praying, listening to God’s Word, examining our thoughts and actions, and making an effort to turn back to God, we prepare to celebrate Jesus’ presence among us,

• Christmas Season begins at Vigil Mass on Christmas Eve and ends with the feast of the Baptism of Jesus in January.
• Why is Epiphany celebrated? What is the meaning behind the celebration?

It is the celebration of Jesus being revealed to us

Topics for discussion questions and grading rubric for responses.

• Jesus teaching the Greatest Commandment after being asked
• Prodigal Son Parable
• Meaning of the Beatitudes
• Events that occurred at Pentecost
• Explain the collection of sacred scriptures contained in the Catholic Bible.
• Religious significance of Advent
• Religious significance of Christmas

Be familiar with all the required prayers you have been tested on during the first quarter. Questions may be asked, but you will not be required to write any of the prayers.

Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory Be, Act of Faith, Hope, and Love, Memorae, and St. Michael Prayer

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