CCC Compendium

Question 1

What is the Plan of God for man?

Answer 1

sheer goodness, freely created man to share his own blessings

Question 2

why does man have desire for God?

Answer 2

• God created man in his own image
• written desire to see Him

Question 3

How is it possible to know God with only light of human reason?

Answer 3

reason alone
- infinite truth and beauty

Question 4

is light of reason alone sufficient to know the mystery of God?

Answer 4

reason alone will be difficult
- need of God’s enlightenment

Question 5

Transmission of the message of christ?

Answer 5

Apostolic Tradition

Question 6

what way does the apostolic tradition occur?

Answer 6

• Living transmission (Traditional)
• Sacred Scripture (written form)

Question 7

relationship between tradition and sacred scripture?

Answer 7

bound together, communicate one with the other

Question 8

whom is the deposit of faith entrusted to?

Answer 8

Apostles

Question 9

whom is given the task of authentically interpreting deposit of faith

Answer 9

• Succesor of Peter
• Bishop of Rome
• Bishops in communion with him

Question 10

what is the relationship between scripture, tradition and magisterium?

Answer 10

one cant stand without the other

Question 11

How is sacred scripture to be read?

Answer 11

read and interpreted with help of holy spirit

Question 12

Completed list of sacred writings

Answer 12

Canon of scriptures

Question 13

how many books does Old testament have?

Answer 13

46

Question 14

how many books does New testament have?

Answer 14

27

Question 15

Importance of Old testament for christians

Answer 15

venerate old testament as true word of God

Question 16

Importance of new testament

Answer 16

central object is Jesus Christ

Question 17

what is the unity that exist between the old and new testament?

Answer 17

• Old testament prepares the new
• new testament fulfills the old

Question 18

denial existence of God

Answer 18

Atheism

Question 19

Truth revealed by God

Answer 19

Dogma

Question 20

teaching authority of Roman Catholic Church

Answer 20

Magisterium

Question 21

passed down to successors are?

Answer 21

• Bishops
• Pope

Question 22

Knowledge that God gave us?

Answer 22

• Natural knowledge
• Supernatural Knowledge

Question 23

its to know God with certainty

Answer 23

Lumen rationis (light reason)

Question 24

Enlightened by Gods revelation

Answer 24

Lumen Fidei (Through Faith)

Question 25

Immediate knowledge of God

Answer 25

Lumen Gloriae (Beautific Vision)

Question 26

Stages of God’s Revelation

Answer 26

• In nature
• Salvation History/Scriptures
• Reveal in the church
• reveal in other religion