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Articles 1-4 Flashcards

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Soul

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Spiritual principle
Immortal
Created by God, most like God
Human consciousness and freedom.

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When does God unite our soul with our body?

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Physical body at the moment of conception.

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Intellect

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Divine gift that gives us the ability to see and understand the order of things that God place within creation and to know and understand God through the created order

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Free will

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The gift from God that allows human beings to choose from among various actions, for which we are held accountable.
Basis for moral responsibility.

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Original Sin

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1) sin of the first human beings who disobeyed God’s command by choosing to follow their own will.
2) the fallen state of human nature that affects every person born into the world.

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What were the effects of Adam and Eve’s decision?

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Lost their original holiness and became subject to death.

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Original Holiness

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The original state of human beings in their relationship with God, sharing in the divine life in full communion with him.

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Concupiscence

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The tendency of all human beings toward sin, as a result of Original Sin.

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Salvation history

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The pattern of specific events in human history that reveal God’s presence and saving actions.

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Paschal Mystery

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The work is salvation accomplished by Jesus Christ mainly through his life, Passion, Death, Resurrection, and Ascension.

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Beatitude

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Our vocation as Christians
The goal of our existence.
True blessedness
Happiness that we experience partially here on earth and perfectly in Heaven.

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Justification

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The process by which God frees us from sin and sanctifies

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Original Sin

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The state of complete harmony that our first parents had with their inner self, with each other, and with all of creation

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Sanctification

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To make something holy.
The process of becoming closer to God and growing in holiness,
Taking on the righteousness of Jesus Christ with the gift of sanctifying grace.

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Merit

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God reward to this who love him and follow Christ’s Law of Love.

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What does it mean to have merit?

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To be justified in the sight of God, free from sin and sanctified by his grace.

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How do we earn merit?

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We do not earn merit on our own; it is a free gift from God due to the grace of Christ in us.

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What do all three gifts give us?

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A special dignity and a special place in God’s plan.

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True freedom

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A manifestation of the image of God present in every person.

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What is God’s for Humanity?

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Wishes to give eternal life to all those who seek salvation and who wait.

Be sharers to his divine plan.

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Which two gospel writers write about the beatitudes?

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Matthew and Luke.

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What do the beatitudes teach us?

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Our vocations as Christians.

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What does it mean to live the beatitudes?

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Using our gifts of free will and intellect to make good moral choices.

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What happens when we live the beatitudes?

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We begin to experience on earth the love and happiness that God has wanted human beings to know from the beginning.

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Paradox

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Something that seems to contradict but is REALLY truth.

Ex. Jesus on the Cross

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What are the four things that people have an addiction to?

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Wealth
Pleasure
Power
Honor

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Where do you look for a perfect explanation for the beatitudes?

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The Cross.

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If you want to be happy, love what Jesus Christ loved on the Cross. What does this mean?

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Doing God’s will

Had no wealth, power, pleasure, and honor.

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Why does Pope Francis urge Christians to follow the Beatitudes?

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Avoid path of greed, vanity, egoism

30
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What can the beatitudes can be used as?

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Navigators that shine the light on the pathway of Christian life.

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What did the Pope say about Jesus’ teachings on the Sermon on the Mount?

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It didn’t erase the old law rather it perfected it by bringing it to its fullness.

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To whom are the four word speaking to?

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Woe to the rich, to the satiated, to those who laugh now, to you when all speak well of you.

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Does the Pope think riches are good?

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Yes. But what’s bad is the attachment to riches is which becomes idolatry.

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What are the “slippery steps” that lead to perdition?

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Egoism
Attachments
Vanity
Pride

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What does meekness of heart give us?

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It’s the capacity to be deep and to understand the greatness of God, and worship him.

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