religion test

1. What is a soul, according to Aristotle?

THE FORM OF A LIVING THING

2. What are the three souls, or kinds of soul?

VEGETAL, ANIMAL, RATIONAL

3. What two powers are found in the second kind of soul?

SENSITIVE, LOCOMOTIVE

4. What are the three acts of the intellect?

UNDERSTANDING, JUDGMENT, REASONING

5. In what way do all humans have the same dignity or worth? 

THEY ARE ALL MADE IN THE IMAGE AND LIKENESS OF GOD (RATIONAL SOUL)

6. What are virtues, generally-speaking? 

PERFECTIONS OF OUR RATIONAL POWERS THAT MAKE US BETTER HUMANS AND MORE LIKE GOD

7. What is the difference between acquired virtue and infused virtue?

ACQUIRED CAN BE LEARNED JUST BY EXERCISING OUR RATIONAL POWERS; INFUSED CANNOT–IF GOD DOES NOT INFUSE THEM, WE CANNOT GET THEM

8. What does the Greek word “angelos” mean (same for the Hebrew word “malakh”)?

MESSENGER

9. Name the nine choirs of angels, as Dionysius gives them.

SERAPHIM, CHERUBIM, THRONES, DOMINIONS, VIRTUES, POWERS, PRINCIPALITIES, ARCHANGELS, ANGELS

10. What is the difference between an angel and a demon?

MORAL ONLY–ANGELS PERMANENTLY CHOOSE TO DO GOD’S WILL AND DEMONS PERMANENTLY CHOOSE TO OPPOSE IT

Answer each of the following questions with one complete sentence.

1. What is it about humans that makes them “Imago Dei?”

THEY HAVE INTELLECT AND WILL/RATIONAL (IMMATERIAL) SOUL

3. What two powers are found in the first, most basic kind of soul?

NUTRITIVE, AUGMENTATIVE

4. What does the sensitive power include?

EXTERNAL SENSES (THE 5), INTERNAL SENSES (COGNITION–MEMORY, IMAGINATION, ESTIMATION, COORDINATION), EMOTIONS

7. Name two acquired virtues.

PRUDENCE, JUSTICE, FORTITUDE, TEMPERANCE

WISDOM, PATIENCE, HUMILITY, KINDNESS, ETC. ETC.…

8. What does the Greek word “daimon” mean?

SPIRIT

10. What is the basic job description of angels?

AGENTS OF DIVINE PROVIDENCE (HOW GOD GETS STUFF DONE IN THE WORLD)

Answer each of the following questions with one complete sentence.

1. What is the privation theory of evil?

EVIL IS THE LACK OF A DUE GOOD

2. What two kinds of evil does the Catechism discuss?

MORAL (SIN) AND PHYSICAL (SUFFERING, PAIN, LOSS)

3. What makes the existence of moral evil possible, according to the Catechism?

FINITE CREATURES WITH FREE WILL

4.  What lies does the serpent tell Eve?

YOU WILL NOT DIE (THEY DO, JUST NOT RIGHT AWAY)

YOU WILL BE LIKE GOD (THEY ALREADY ARE)

YOU WILL KNOW GOOD AND EVIL (THEY ALREADY DO)

5. What harmonies are destroyed by the sin of Adam and Eve?

HARMONY BETWEEN HUMANS AND GOD, HUMANS AND CREATION, HUMANS AND THE REST OF THE UNIVERSE

6. What is St. Augustine’s definition of (actual) sin?

SIN IS A DEED, WORD, OR DESIRE CONTRARY TO DIVINE LAW

7-10. Name and briefly explain the four effects of Original Sin.

DARKENED INTELLECT: WE HAVE TROUBLE DISTINGUISHING GOOD FROM EVIL

WEAKENED WILL: WE GIVE UP ON GOODS AND FAIL TO AVOID EVILS EVEN WHEN WE WANT TO

DISINTEGRATION: OUR PASSIONS (ANIMAL POWERS) REBEL AGAINST OUR REASON

CONCUPISCENCE: WE HAVE AN INCLINATION TO DO EVIL (IT SEEMS FUN)

Answer each of the following questions with one complete sentence.

3. What is the greatest example of God bringing good out of evil, according to the Catechism?

THE DEATH OF JESUS (WE KILLED GOD WHEN HE CAME TO SAVE US; THAT DEATH BECAME THE WAY HE SAVED US)

4.  In what ways is the serpent telling the truth when it tempts Eve?

THEY DON’T DIE IMMEDIATELY

THEY DO KNOW GOOD AND EVIL IN A NEW (REALLY BAD) WAY

6. Define Original Sin.

THE WOUNDING EFFECT OF THE FIRST SIN OF ADAM AND EVE ON HUMAN NATURE

7-8. Name and briefly explain the punishments Adam receives for his role in the first sin.

HE MUST LABOR AND STRUGGLE AGAINST THE EARTH FOR SURVIVAL

HE DIES AND RETURNS TO DUST

9-10. Name and briefly explain the punishments Eve receives for her role in the first sin.

SHE EXPERIENCES PAIN IN BRINGING CHILDREN INTO THE WORLD

SHE IS DOMINATED BY HER HUSBAND