Chapter 4 Articles 15-17

Question 1

The pursuit of money, wealth, and entertainment, and turning to addictive substances & obsessive behaviors could be modern-day forms of what?

Answer 1

Idolatry Pg. 110

Question 2

What is veneration? Give several examples of veneration.

Answer 2

1. To show respect and devotion to someone or something
2. give respect and honor to saints, sacred objects, and images.

Question 3

Which commandment requires us to put God first in our LIfe?

Answer 3

1st commandment

Question 4

Which commandment in the Old Testament discusses worshiping gods and goddesses other than Yahweh?

Answer 4

1st commandment

Question 5

Islam, Judaism, and Christianity are recognized as what in today’s world?

Answer 5

Monotheistic faiths
pg. 109

Question 6

Name the sins that go against the Theological Virtue of hope.

Answer 6

Despairing of salvation and the presumption of salvation

Question 7

What is superstition?

Answer 7

Attributing to someone or something else a power that belongs to God alone and relying on such powers rather than trusting in God; a sin against the 1st commandment

Question 8

Loving and honoring God are the themes of what?

Answer 8

the first 3 commandments

Question 9

Name those who either deny God’s existence or believe it is impossible to know anything about God’s existence or nature.

Answer 9

Atheist/atheism & Agnostic/agnosticism

Question 10

What do we call the conscious and deliberate rejection of a truth of Faith?

Answer 10

heresy