Chapter 8: Tradition

Question 1

Traditional practice, such as blessing yourself with holy water, are essential parts of the faith

Answer 1

False

Question 2

Other Christian denominations have the same belief in church tradition that Catholics do

Answer 2

False

Question 3

The scriptures grew out of the tradition of the early church

Answer 3

True

Question 4

Tradition is sometimes developed independently of the scriptures

Answer 4

False

Question 5

Only the pope issues church teachings

Answer 5

False

Question 6

All doctrines are dogmas

Answer 6

False

Question 7

Infallibility is not a human characteristic

Answer 7

True

Question 8

Infallibly pronounced statements can be refined and communicated in new ways

Answer 8

True

Question 9

All christians can claim faith in the beliefs of the apostles creed, though their interpretation may differ

Answer 9

True

Question 10

God is an abstract, isolated being

Answer 10

False

Question 11

Catholics celebrate six official sacraments

Answer 11

False

Question 12

For Catholics, no contradiction exists between what can be known by intelligence and what can be known by faith

Answer 12

True

Question 13

Catholic devotion to the saints does not threaten the love that is due to god

Answer 13

True

Question 14

M: what the world youth day pilgrims found they shared

Answer 14

Unity of faith

Question 15

M: the symbol and guarantor of the church’s unity

Answer 15

Pope

Question 16

A customary practice

Answer 16

Tradition

Question 17

The official teaching voice of the church

Answer 17

Magisterium

Question 18

The process by which the church deepen its understanding of everything it believes is essential to faith and then passes it on to every generation

Answer 18

Tradition

Question 19

Doctrine taught under the fullest authority of the church

Answer 19

Dogmas

Question 20

Letter from the pope to the worldwide church

Answer 20

Encyclical

Question 21

A word that means “i set my heart on”

Answer 21

Credo

Question 22

A theologian who wrote during the second century

Answer 22

Tertullian

Question 23

A saint and great intellectual who showed us the union of faith and reason at its best

Answer 23

Thomas Aquinas