Bible Test 9-22-15 Flashcards
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What does it mean to have a desire to know God?
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- our longing for God
- a search for meaning
- desire for completion
2
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We are _____ and ______ beings.
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- spiritual and religious
3
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What are we called to do?
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- live in communion with God
4
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What do Psalms teach us?
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- teach us to appreciate things
5
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Look at lives of saints chart
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6
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Where do we build relationships?
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- here on earth
7
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Who is our most important relationship with?
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- God
8
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What does God do?
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- calls us and invites us into a relationship, Gadium et Spes
9
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What is Jesus a sign of?
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- God’s reaching out to us “incarnation”
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What does Jesus make available to us?
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- salvation
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Describe the Second Vatican Council.
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- called by Pope John XXIII, 1962- 1965
- four sesssions, 16 documents
- Gadium et Spes was a major document also known as “Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modern World”
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What aren’t the source of happiness?
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- material goods and possessions
13
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Who said “Our hearts are restless until they rest in Him.”-
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- Augustine
14
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What does God call us to do through the Beatitudes?
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- live in communion with him
15
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What did ST. Augustine declare the four objects of our love?
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- God
- neighbor
- selves
- our bodies
16
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What is natural revelation?
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- knowing God through creation and reason
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What is divine revelation?
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- God’s communication about himself and his plans for humanity, made known by sending Jesus Christ
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What does Sacred Scripture call attention to?
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- God’s glory in the universe he created
19
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What does God as creator mean?
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- first cause of the beautiful world, we must take time and see
20
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“God is alive and revealing himself,”
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- Acts 17:26, to Paul, God is obvious
21
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What does Pierre Teilhad de Chardin say about creation?
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- creation reveals the face and heart of God
22
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Who says “Creation is a great book…”
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- Augustine
23
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What does the natural light of human reason mean?
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- universe is visible evidence of God’s existence
24
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Who said “Man fully alive is the glory of God.”?
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- St. Irenaeus 130-202
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page 26 timeline of church fathers
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What is a philosophical method used to do?
- logically develop convincing arguments
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Who was St. Thomas Aquinas?
- 1225-1274, was a Dominican Friar and wrote the Summa Theologica presenting five arguments for the existence of God
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What are the 5 arguments proving God's existence?
1. First mover- set things in motion and guides the actions of humanity
2. casualty, "uncaused cause"
3. contingency, things came into existence because of something else: "necessary being"
4. perfection, God sets the infinite standard for wisdom and truth
5. order, God directs things to their appropriate end
(St. Anselm's argument, page 29)
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How did Vatican 1 say God could be known?
- with certainty from the created world by the natural light of human reason, Dei FIllius
30
What theory did Cardinal John Newman (1801-1890) create?
- developed a theory known as "the convergence of probabilities," the sum of our experiences point to God
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What did Karll Rahner (1904-1984) refer to God as?
- Absolute Mystery and the backdrop of our existence (page 30-31)
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What does natural revelation coupled with human reason help us to do?
- helps to give us an awareness of God
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What is natural reason?
- how God makes himself known to us
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How does God reveal himself?
- through the Scriptures
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What does the Bible rely on to complement God's revelation?
- Sacred Tradition
36
What way is God's presence in human history?
- an active way
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What is divine revelation?
- God's gradual unveiling of his plan in the Old Testament and then in the New Testament in the person of Jesus Christ
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Exodus 3:14
theophany to Moses
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Can we completely comprehend the mystery of God?
- no
40
What did Saint Therese of Lisieux 1837-1897 teach?
- every kindness performed for God and a manifestation of God's existence
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List the stories of God's love for his people, Divine Revelation.
- Adam and Eve, original innocence/ original sin, God remains faithful
- Noah, Flood – covenant symbolized by the rainbow
Covenant with Patriarch Abraham
- Moses and the Exodus, God as liberator, Sinai Covenant
- Prophets: Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel
- Wisdom literature: Proverbs 1:20-21; Wisdom 6:12-14
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What is Jesus?
- the Son of God, the fullness of Divine Revelation
| - Jesus is God’s “Word”: in him God has said everything
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What is the Trinity?
- God exists as a community of three distinct persons
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Jesus as the fullness of Divine Rvelation
study Jesus and we see God
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Who did Jesus entrust to tell or transmit to the world the story of God's salvation?
- the Apostles
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Who are the successors of the Apostles?
- the bishops trace their responsibility back to the original Apostles and preach with the guidance of the Holy Spirit
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What are the Two Pillars?
- Sacred Scripture and Sacred Tradition: sacred deposit of The Word of God
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What is the magisterium?
- teaching office, interprets the teachings under the guidance of the Holy Spirit and define dogma or doctrine of faith
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What do Sacred Scripture and Sacred Tradition communicate with?
- the whole of God's redemptive and reconciling love
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Study the vocab on last slide of power point part 3
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Salvation History Trinity
Divine Revelation Sacred Tradition
Theophany Apostolic Succession
Original Sin Deposit of Faith
Covenant Magisterium
Patriarch dogma
Prophet redemption
Wisdom literature
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Study part 1 vocab section 1
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study part 2 vocab section 1
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