Book 2 - Chapter 1

Question 1

What is ONE of St. Thomas Aquinas’ proofs of God’s existence from reason. It is based on the observable truth that everything that moves is set into motion by another object or being?

Answer 1

First Mover

Question 2

What is the term for the Word of God entrusted to the Apostles and their successors by Christ and the Holy Spirit, transmitted by preaching and teaching to each generation of Christians?

Answer 2

Sacred Tradition

Question 3

What term mean UNIVERSAL - - it can be used to describe a member of the Church?

Answer 3

Catholic

Question 4

What is a declaration of the essential beliefs of the Church?

Answer 4

Creed

Question 5

What is the intellectual power or faculty that is ordinarily employed by man in adapting thought or action to some end - - the guiding principle of the human mind in the process of thinking?

Answer 5

Reason

Question 6

What is ONE of St. Thomas Aquinas’ proofs of God’s existence from reason. It is based on the observable truth that everything in creation has been caused or created by something else?

Answer 6

First Cause

Question 7

What is an efficacious sign of grace - - was instituted by Christ and entrusted to the Church, by which divine life is dispensed to a Christian through the work of the Holy Spirit?

Answer 7

Sacrament

Question 8

What are the books of the Bible - - containing the truth of God’s Revelation?

Answer 8

Sacred Scripture

Question 9

What is the theological virtue by which one believes all that God has said and revealed to man and that the Church proposed for belief?

Answer 9

Faith

Question 10

Describe the condition of our first parents - - BEFORE Original Sin?

Answer 10

They were created in the image of God - - they lived in Paradise created by God - - walked with God - - Connected to God’s eternal wisdom and enjoyed complete happiness

Question 11

What are the three arguments used by St. Thomas Aquinas to demonstrate the existence of God?

Answer 11

1. First Mover
2. First Cause
3. Grand Architect

Question 12

How did the encounter with Christ transform Peter? How did it transform Paul?

Answer 12

Peter - - knew his life would be incomplete unless he followed Christ’s will

Paul - - became on the the chief protagonist of the Good News.

Question 13

What three creeds were formulated in the early Church?

Answer 13

1. Apostles Creed
2. Nicene Creed
3. Athanasia Creed

Question 14

How could the Apostles be so sure of Jesus’ divinity?

Answer 14

Faith is a gift from God - - believed that Christ is truly God made man

Question 15

Be able to write the seven sacraments.

Answer 15

1. Baptism
2. Holy Communion
3. Penance
4. Confirmation
5. Holy Matrimony
6. Holy Orders
7. Anointing of the Sick

Question 16

Be able to name and explain the 5 ways that Christ is present among us?

Answer 16

Look in your notes

Question 17

What is the Universal teaching authority of the pope and the bishops in communion with him, which guides the members of the Church without error in matters of faith and morals?

Answer 17

Magisterium