CCC Compendium Flashcards
What is the plan of God for man?
created man to make him share in his own blessed life
Why does man have a desire for God?
written upon his heart the desire to see him.
How is it possible to know God with only the light of human reason?
through reason alone one can know God with certainty as the origin and end of the universe
Is the light of reason alone sufficient to know the mystery of God?
he stands in need of being enlightened by God’s revelation
How can we speak about God?
however, continually purify our language insofar as it is image-bound and imperfect, realizing that we can never fully express the infinite mystery of God.
What does God reveal to man?
he reveals himself and his plan of LOVING GOODNESS which he decreed from all eternity in Christ.
What are the first stages of God’s Revelation?
- Manifested in Adam and Eve
- Covenant with Noah and all living beings.
What are the next stages of God’s Revelation?
- God made more covenants like, Abraham, Moses, Mount Sinai (Israel), Messiah
What is the full and definitive stage of God’s Revelation?
- It was Jesus Christ the
mediator and fullness of Revelation.
What is the value of private revelations?
- help a person to live the faith as long as they lead us to Christ.
Why and in what way is divine revelation transmitted?
Why - “desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth”
What
What way - Because of Jesus’s Apostolic Tradition.
What is Apostolic Tradition?
the transmission of the message of Christ.
In what ways does Apostolic Tradition occur?
Tradition: Word of Gods
Sacred Scripture: Written form (Bible)
What is the relationship between Tradition and Sacred Scripture?
one sacred deposit of faith from which the Church derives her certainty about revelation.
To whom is the deposit of faith entrusted?
whole of the Church (Her/Us).
To whom is given the task of authentically interpreting the deposit of faith?
Successor of Peter (Bishop)
Magisterium
Interpretation of the word of God
What is the relationship between Scripture, Tradition and the Magisterium?
- United with one another
- contribute effectively to the salvation of souls.
- Why does Sacred Scripture teach the truth?
God is the Author
It is the word of god “not a written and mute word, but incarnate and living”
Christian Faith
How is Sacred Scripture to be read?
- Attention and Unity of the Scripture
- Tradition of the Church
- Analogy of faith
What is the Canon of Scripture?
the complete list of the sacred writings
46 books of the Old Testament and 27 of the New.
Canon of Scripture
What is the importance of the Old Testament for Christians?
- true word of God.
- permanent value.
- Preparation coming of Christ
What importance does the New Testament have for Christians?
- Ultimate truth of Divine Revelation
- Life and Teaching of Jesus (Mathew, Mark, Luke and John)
What is the unity that exists between the Old and the New Testaments?
The Old Testament prepares for the New and the New Testament fulfills the Old
What role does Sacred Scripture play in the life of the Church?
the soul of theology and of pastoral preaching.
The denial of existence of a deity (God)
Atheism
Truth revealed by God, which the magisterium of the Church declared as binding
Dogma
The teaching authority of the Roman Catholic Church, especially as exercised by bishops or the Pope.
Magisterium
The entrusting or succession of the authority or mission
given by Christ to the apostles down to their successors, the bishops extending this authority to the priests.
Apostolic Succession
