Catholic Flashcards

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Primeval History

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The time before the invention of writing and recording of historical data

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Sacred Scripture

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Writings of the old and new testaments, which contain the truth of God’s revelation

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Literary Forms

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Category of literary composition

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Figurative Language

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A literary form that uses symbolic stories and names to point a deeper meaning

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5
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Natural Revelation

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The process by which God makes himself known to human reason through the created world

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St. Thomas Aquinas

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The creator of the 5 truths

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Contingency

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A future for unsable events

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Deism

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The belief that God exists and created the world but is not active in the universe or human life

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Catechism

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No real conflict between faith and reason: both are gifts from God

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Ontology

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The study of being

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Necessary Being

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Any being that has always existed and always will

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Fallacy

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A flaw in reasoning

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13
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Contingent Being

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Any being that could not have existed

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Covenant

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A solemn agreement between human beings or between God and human being which commitments are made

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Prophet

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A person who God chooses to speak his message of salvation

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Patriarch

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The father or leader of a tribe, clan or tradition

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Wisdom literature

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Field that indentifies different resources

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Original sin

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The sin of Adam and Eve ( Eve ate an apple from the tree where God said not to take food from)

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Ecological footprint

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The impact a person or community as on the environment,expressed as the amount of land to sustain your lifestyle

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Stewardship

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Taking care of what belongs to God. A person who takes care of something that belongs to someone else

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Environmental accounting

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Incorporate both economic and environmental information

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Contextual Approach

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Interpret the bible based on a deeper understanding

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23
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What is unprovable

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Faith

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24
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5 truths about creation stories

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God is revealed as the one,true god who sustains the whole universe

He created the world out of love because he is love

He created the world to be good because he is goodness

He revealed the serpents words as lies because he is truth

Even after Adam and Eve’s sin, Gods love for humanity remains steadfast and faithful because he is faithfulness

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25
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3 gifts from God

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Time
Talent
Treasure

26
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Environment issues

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Waste in oceans

Over population

Pollution

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St. Augustine’s four objects we should love

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  1. Love God
  2. Love your neighbours
  3. Love yourself
  4. Love your body
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Fundamental Approach

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Interpreting the bible on the literal meaning of the words

29
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What are St. Thomas Aquinas five proofs

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Argument from motion
Argument from causation 
Argument from contingency 
Argument from degrees
Teleological argument
30
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Do religious truth and scientific truth ever contradict each other

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Religious truth and scientific truth should never contradict each other

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Contingency

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Something that was created

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Samaritan

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Someone charitable or helpful

33
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Son of Man

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Someone who receives authority over other nations from God

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Holiness

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The state of being holy

35
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Grace

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Divined assistance

36
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Intereriority

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Quality of being interior

37
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Fiat

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Latin for “let it be done”

38
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Theotokos

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Latin for Mary,mother of Jesus

39
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Character

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Who you are with your actions

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Virtue

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Good habits

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Vice

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Bad habits

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Culpable

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Deserving blame

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Forgiveness

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Forgiving someone for what they did which can lead to healing relationships

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Contrition

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Hatred for a sin and not sining again

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Sin

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Guilt feels

46
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What makes something a sin

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Objective, intention, and circumstances

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Types of sins

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Commission, omission, mortal, venial, social

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Conscience

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Deliberately choosing to act against gods will

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Forgiveness and reconciliation

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Heal broken relationships

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Love

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Can be anywhere, is free and unpredictable

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Lust

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Fake Love

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Consent

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Voluntary agreement

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Social problems with men and women

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Man- non emotional

Women- frail

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Love vs lust

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Emotional vs attractive

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Identifying lust

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Sexual attraction

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Dignity

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Part of the soul

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The gift of sexuality

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Not being alone and doing stuff

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Digital Citizen

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A person on the internet

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Digital citizenship

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How you treat others online

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Netiquette

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Network etiquette

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Cyber bullying

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Bullying online

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Faithful obedience

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Trustworthy and reliable