Chapter 3: Trinity/Father

Question 1

Incarnation

Answer 1

The Son, second person of the Trinity, takes on a real human nature.

Question 2

Complementarity

Answer 2

Revealed in Adam and Eve, the principle of being fit or made for each other

Question 3

Yahweh

Answer 3

Name of God revealed in the miracle of the Burning Bush

Question 4

Adam

Answer 4

Originally created alone, his rib was used to create a “helpmate”

Question 5

Second Adam

Answer 5

Jesus gives humanity a new start, creating a new redeemed species of humans

Question 6

Communion of Saints

Answer 6

Everyone in heaven interceding for the souls in purgatory and the Church on earth.

Question 7

Concupiscence

Answer 7

Tendency to sin, which remains even after baptism

Question 8

Angel

Answer 8

Pure spiritual being that acts as a messenger from God

Question 9

Abba

Answer 9

Aramaic word for father, but more like “dad”

Question 10

Original Sin

Answer 10

Lack of grace into which we are born; healed by baptism

Question 11

Evolution

Answer 11

Adaptation of the human species over time is possible, but theories of adaptation must hold that God created humanity and endowed us with a spiritual soul, in the image of God.

Question 12

Image and likeness

Answer 12

Humanity has been created with the same attributes of God (though imperfectly)

Question 13

Stewardship

Answer 13

We give the gift of creation back to God, transformed, in a reciprocal act to glorify him

Question 14

Holiness

Answer 14

Spiritual perfection or purity arising from a likeness unto God

Question 15

Providence

Answer 15

God’s work in providing what is needed for his creatures on earth, a task in which he invites our cooperation

Question 16

Matter

Answer 16

Physical substances used in sacraments to confer grace

Question 17

Guardian Angel

Answer 17

Immaterial person assigned by God to protect and intercede for every human being

Question 18

Filiation

Answer 18

Our sonship with God through Jesus’ sonship

Question 19

Form

Answer 19

Actions done in a sacrament to confer grace

Question 20

Satan

Answer 20

Prince of the fallen angels; the tempter

Question 21

Free will

Answer 21

Ability to choose the good to which natural reason and divine revelation calls us

Question 22

Contemplative intellect

Answer 22

Ability to think about metaphysical realities

Question 23

Selfless love

Answer 23

Ability to offer ourselves for the good of others

Question 24

Dominion

Answer 24

Mission given to humanity to fill the earth and subdue it; to rule the world responsibly

Question 25

Spiritual soul

Answer 25

Sacred quality with which humanity was created that goes beyond just our physiology