7th Religion - Chapter 18 Flashcards
Who believes that is Baptism God offers us grace, a share in God’s own life?
Those who believe in God
What is the special grace of God dwelling within us?
Sanctifying Grace
What is friendship with God present within us?
Spiritual Life
For the believer, life is what?
The journey to the Father through the Son, in the Spirit.
Why did Jesus come?
So that we may have eternal life.
What did Jesus tell Nicodemus we must do to enter the Kingdom of God? (John 3:5)
We had to be born with Baptism.
What must happen to Jesus so we may have eternal life? (John 3:14)
He must sacrifice for us.
What did Jesus tell the Samaritan woman he could offer? (John 4:14)
Water = grace of God’s life
What did Original Sin leave us?
The tendency to do wrong.
What is God’s invitation to deeper friendship?
Grace
What is a free gift?
Grace
What gives you the desire to lead a Christian life?
Actual Grace
Actual Grace strengthens you to do what?
To make decisions and act according to the Father’s will.
What is an attitude or a way of living that enables you to do good?
A virtue
What does “Theos” mean?
God
What are the Theological Virtues?
Faith, hope and charity
What gifts are given by God and centered on God?
Theological Virtues
What is the virtue by which we believe God completely and accept as true all that God has revealed and teaches through the Catholic Church?
Faith
What virtue is the trust and confidence that God will give us eternal life and all the help necessary along the way?
Hope
What are two sins against hope?
Despair and presumption
What is the belief that God cannot or will not help and so to give up even trying to be saved?
Despair
What is the expectation that God will automatically give you all you hope for even though you do not cooperate with God’s grace or make any effort to live a Christian life?
Presumption
What are fundamental to leading a moral life or are habits that allow us to do good acts and to give the best of ourselves?
Cardinal Virtues
Name the four Cardinal Virtues.
- Prudence
- Justice
- Fortitude
- Temperance
What is the virtue that directs us to decide what is good?
Prudence
What is the virtue that guides us to respect the rights of others?
Justice
What is the virtue that gives us the courage to do what is right even when it is very difficult?
Fortitude
What is the virtue that helps us to control our desire for pleasure?
Temperance