Chapter 1 Flashcards
Actual grace
Those many blessings and gifts we receive
Efficacious
Capable of producing the desired effect
CCC
Catechism of the Catholic Church
Grace
Participation in the life of god
Literal think
That’s all there is
Mixed messages
Body language does not match what you say, resulting in confusion
Nonverbal communication
Body language
Protestant
Different form of Christianity; protested against Catholic Church
Rule
Standard set by society that makes us aware of our expected contact for the well-being of society
Sacrament
And outward sign instituted by Christ which brings grace for the soul
Sacramental awareness
God is present in and communicates with us through all creation
Sacramental blindness
Cannot see the sacred in their life or in the world
Sanctifying grace
The gracious gift of his life that God makes to us
Sign
Any object that represents something else
Symballein
To throw together
Symbol
Observable, physical realities that represent invisible qualities or elements
Symbolic thinking
There’s more here than meets the eye
Verbal communication
Spoken
John 416
God is love, and those who abide in God, and God abides in them
Three distinctions of a symbol
1) symbols have more than one meaning
2) what symbols stand for us connected to what they are
3) symbols evoke more than one kind of response from us
Four elements of the sacrament
1) memorial
2) celebration
3) communion
4) transformation
Causes of sacramental blindness
1) too busy
2) pain and suffering in the world
3) don’t know where to look or what to look for
4) don’t want to
Dimensions of a sacrament
1) God acts and is present in grace
2) we respond to gods presence in faith and friendship
God’s body language in the old testament
Moses: burning bush
Samuel: dream
Elijah: gentle breeze
Abe and Jake: passing strangers
God’s body language in the New Testament
Nature: fish, birds, and trees
Happenings from people’s lives: prodigal son, tenants
God’s body language now
Tree- shelter
Rain- new life
Strangers- friends
John 316
For God so loved the world that he gave his only son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life
Receiving gods offered
1) listening- affirming not judgmental
2) respond-receiving
a) sacraments
b) faith
Sacramental chain
God—-Jesus—church—- 7 Sacraments
How many books are in the Catholic Bible
73
The books does the Protestant Bible have
66
Days of obligation
Christmas-dec 25 Assumption- aug 15 Immaculate conception -dec 8 All saints day- nov 1 Solemnity of Mary- Jan 1
What are the three theological virtues
Faith, charity, and hope
What are the four cardinal virtues
Prudence, temperance, fortitude, justice
The joyful mysteries
1) annunciation
2) visitation
3) nativity
4) presentation
5) finding of Jesus in the temple
The glorious mysteries
1) resurrection
2) ascension
3) descent of the Holy Spirit
4) assumption
5) coronation
The sorrowful mysteries
1) agony in the garden
2) scourging at the pillar
3) crowning with thorns
4) carrying of the cross
5) crucifixion
Luminous mysteries
1) baptism of the lord
2) wedding at Cana
3) proclamation of the kingdom
4) transfiguration
5) institution of the Eucharist
