Catholic Christianity Flashcards
“Love your neighbour as yourself”
Matthew/Mark
“Whoever venerates an image venerates the person portrayed in it”
Catechism of the Catholic Church
“Creation can only be understood as a gift from the outstretched hand of the Father of all”
Laudato Si
“Every human life, from the moment of conception until death, is sacred”
Catechism of the Catholic Church
“God made man from dust”
Genesis 2
“Be fruitful and multiply”
Genesis 1
“Till it and keep it”
Genesis 2
“Let them have dominion”
Genesis 1
“God said…and it was so”
Genesis 1
“If methodical investigation…is carried out in a genuinely scientific manner and in accord with moral norms it never truly conflicts with faith [as they] derive from the same God”
Gaudium et Spes
“It is not good that man should be alone”
Genesis 2
“This is bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh”
Genesis 2
“If we acknowledge the value and the fragility of nature and, at the same time, our God-given abilities, we can finally leave behind the modern myth of unlimited material progress”
Laudato Si
“God blessed them…it was good”
Genesis 1
“The world is a gift which we have freely received and must share with others. Since the world has been given to us, we can no longer view reality in a purely utilitarian way”
Laudato Si
“[there is] a relationship of mutual responsibility between humans and nature”
Laudato Si
“If people are to do good and avoid evil, certainty about what is good and evil must be inscribed in them”
Youcat
“Of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat”
Genesis 2
“The world is a gift which we have freely received and must share with others”
Laudato Si
“Everything asserted by inspired authors or sacred writers must be considered asserted by the Holy Spirit”
Dei Verbum
“Everyone’s talents and involvement are needed to redress the damage caused by human abuse of God’s creation”
Laudato Si
(Pope Francis quoting South African bishops)
“The man gave names to all living creature”
Genesis 2
“Bottom up approach”
Pope Francis
“Let there be light…and there was light”
Genesis 1
“I [Jesus] will be with you until the end of time”
Matthew
“God breathed into his nostrils the breath of life”
Genesis 2
“A sacrament is a visible sign of an invisible grace”
St Augustine
“Sacred Scriptures are the word of God”
Dei Verbum
“The murder of a human being is gravely contrary to the dignity of the person and the holiness of the creator”
Catechism of the Catholic Church
“All believers of whatever religion always hear His revealing voice in the discourse of creatures”
Gaudium et Spes
“The misuse of the natural world is a kind of blasphemy, destroying that which was part of God’s plan”
St Pope John Paul II
“No man is an island”
John Donne
“He supplies the earth with rain and makes grass grow on the hills/ He provides food for the cattle”
Psalm 147
“Give a man a fish; you have fed him for today. Teach a man to fish, and you have fed him for a lifetime.”
CAFOD’s Common Saying
“Like good stewards of the manifold grace of God, serve one another with whatever gift each of you has received”
1 Peter
“Love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, all your mind and all your strength”
Matthew/Mark
“Those who yearn for the Kingdom of God look to Jesus’ list of priorities: the Beatitudes”
Youcat
“Whoever has seen me [Jesus] has seen the Father”
John
“He is with the Father from the beginning”
St Irenaeus - ‘Against Heresies’
“Prayer is turning the heart toward God. When a person prays, he enters into a living relationship with God”
Youcat
“I have not come to abolish the law or the prophets; I have not come to abolish but to fulfill”
Matthew
“Fine arts are considered among the noblest activities of man’s genius…[with] THE SINGLE AIM OF TURNING MEN’S MINDS DEVOUTLY TOWARDS GOD”
Sacrosanctum Concilium
“The Lord is our God, the Lord alone”
Deuteronomy
“God’s love wants our free assent”
Youcat
“They [sacraments] bear fruit”
Catechism of the Catholic Church
”[sacraments are] an outward sign of inward grace…by which grace is given to our souls”
Catechism of Christian Doctrine
“Sacred song united to the words…forms a necessary or integral part of the solemn liturgy”
Sacrosanctum Concilium
“He who sings prays twice”
St Augustine
“God has sent the Spirit of His Son into our hearts”
Galatians
“We have been buried with Him by baptism into death, so that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, so we too might walk in the newness of life”
Romans (St Paul)
“King Solomon knelt in prayer”
1 Kings
“[Sacraments are] powers come forth [from the body of Christ]; masterworks [of God]”
Catechism of the Catholic Church
“The Triune God in Himself is a ‘social’, a communion, an eternal exchange of love”
Youcat
“[the Word] revealed God to men and presented men to God”
St Irenaeus - ‘Against Heresies’
“You shall not make unto yourself any graven image”
Exodus (2nd Commandment)
“Sacred music is to be considered the more holy in proportion as it is more closely connected with the liturgical action, whether IT ADDS DELIGHT TO PRAYER, FOSTERS UNITY OF MINDS, or confers greater solemnities upon the sacred rites”
Sacrosanctum Concilium
“Grace is favour, the free and undeserved help that God gives us”
Catechism of the Catholic Church
“The Son is the image of the invisible God”
Corinthians
“We know that God is triune from Jesus Christ: He, the Son, speaks about his Father in Heaven. He prays to him and sends us THE HOLY SPIRIT, WHO IS THE LOVE OF THE FATHER AND THE SON.”
Youcat
“Moses prayed with his hands outstretched”
Exodus
“If you see charity, you see the Trinity”
St Augustine
“The Spirit helps us in our weakness; for we do not know how to pray as we ought, but that very Spirit intercedes with sighs too deep for words”
Romans (St Paul)
“Abraham fell on his face before God”
Genesis 17
“Those who love God must love their brothers and sisters also”
1 John
“THE ENTIRE ACTIVITY OF THE CHURCH IS AN EXPRESSION OF A LOVE that seeks the integral good of man…Love is therefore the service that the Church carries out in order to attend constantly to man’s sufferings and his needs, including material needs.”
Deus Caritas Est (Pope Benedict XVI)
“[prayer is] raising the heart and mind to God”
Catechism of the Catholic Church