Ch 2 Section 2.04 Flashcards
What satisfies the highest human aspirations?
Christ’s life
the message of Christ
The Person of Christ
The teaching of Christ
When speaking of Christ’s prophetic function, the term prophet is equivalent to what?
Teacher
What do we need to receive Divine Truths?
Openess
What can satisfy the soul’s yearning?
The doctrine of Christ
Who is the author of prophecy?
God
No person has the freedom to accept or reject the fact of Revelation.
False
A prophecy is a sign that offers verification of its own truthfulness.
True
Which is not an Old Testament book with a prophet’s name?
Leviticus
What word comes from Hebrew meaning “he who talks to man in the name of God”?
Prophet
True prophecies by their definition
Can’t be foreseen by human means
Prophecy is a motive of credibility.
True
To recognize that something has been supernaturally revealed by God requires certain personal __________.
Dispositions
Because he was sent by the Father, Jesus’ teaching is God’s Revelation.
True
If the Church were merely a divine institution, she would have collapsed long ago.
False
What gives us moral certainty that the truths taught to us by the Church come from God without corruption?
Other motives of credibility
miracles
prophecies
The failings of many in the Church prove __________.
it needs God’s guidance and the Holy Spirit
God does not provide rational evidence for His Revelation.
False
Old Testament prophets frequently did what?
foretold future events
The teachings of the Church are created by bishops and priests trying to interpret the message of Jesus.
False
Who is one who speaks for God is called a __________.
Prophet
Truths we receive from the Church may have been altered by __________.
nothing
The human __________ encounters and presents Religious truths.
Intellect
It is up to the individual person’s __________ to admit or reject Religious Truths have come from God.
Free will
