Class 5 (Sep 24)

Question 1

Didache

Answer 1

Earliest writing we have of church Fathers.

Question 2

Clement of Rome

Answer 2

First of church Fathers. Murdered. 3rd Generation

Question 3

Ignatius of Antioch

Answer 3

7 Letters, talks about Paul and John’s letters, Jesus’ teaching about life. We should imitate Christ

Question 4

Clement of Alexandria

Answer 4

Wrote Pedagogue

Question 5

Greek Fathers

Answer 5

Justin Martyr, St Iraneaus of Lyons

Question 6

Justin Martyr

Answer 6

Greek Father. Philosopher, defended agianst immoralities of the time. Bold.

Question 7

Sta Iraneus of Lyons

Answer 7

Greek Father. Perfection comes from Jesus Christ from within. Jesus is the new Adam.

Question 8

African Fathers

Answer 8

Tertullians, Cyprian of Carthage, Clement of Alexandria.

Question 9

Tertullians

Answer 9

African Father. Wrote in Latin. Lawyer. Used legal terms. Sin is like breaking the law.

Question 10

Cyprian of Carthage

Answer 10

African Father. Bishop Zyrs after baptism. Said only bishops can ordain bishops, defended the Lord’s prayer. Our Father, not My Father.

Question 11

Clement of Alexandria

Answer 11

African and Greek Father. Philosophy leads to Theology. Wrote the pedagogue. Scripture is important. Talks about the issues of the day, understandable.

Question 12

Pedagogue

Answer 12

Written by Clement of Alexandria. 1st manual about broadening and deepening the faith (catechism)

Question 13

Latin Fathers

Answer 13

St Ambrose, St Augustine of Hippo

Question 14

St Ambrose

Answer 14

Latin Father. Bishop of Milan. Sacred Scripture forms the basis for moral teaching. Cardinal/Hinge virtues form life of a Christian.

Question 15

Cardinal Virtues

Answer 15

Prudence, Justice, Temperance, Fortitude. Taught by St Ambrose.

Question 16

St Augustine of Hippo

Answer 16

Wrote the Confessions. Theological, Philosophical, Mystical value. Wrote 3 to 4 thousand manuscripts in 44 years, but only 570 remain.

Question 17

Confession in the Middle Ages

Answer 17

Individual instead of communal confessions. Like a 2nd baptism, specialized confessor priest who used penitential books.

Question 18

St Bonaventure

Answer 18

Middle Ages. The first purpose of Theology is to make us holy

Question 19

St Thomas Aquinas

Answer 19

Middle Ages. No separation of truth and behavior. God gave us the theological virtues. Morality starts from within. Wrote the suma theologica. Supported dialectic

Question 20

Dialectic

Answer 20

star with two opposing opinions, conversation leads to truth.

Question 21

Fundamental moral theology

Answer 21

laws, human act, conscience, sin

Question 22

Special moral theology

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Permitted and forbidden. The five laws of the church: Holy days of obligation, Eucharist at Easter, confession at least once a year, follow days of abstinence and fasting.

Question 23

St Alpholsus

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Patron saint of moral theologians. Use your brain to think of a middle road instead of being super lax, or super strict with laws.

Question 24

Protestantism

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Heresy. Solo Scriptura: only the bible matters. Stressed a personal relationship with God.

Question 25

St Theresa of Avila

Answer 25

Renaissance. Spiritual Castle

Question 26

St John of the Cross

Answer 26

Renaissance. Spiritual Canticle

Question 27

St Philip of Neri

Answer 27

Renaissance. Evangelized young people

Question 28

St Charles Boromeo

Answer 28

Renaissance. Renew interior self and priestly life.

Question 29

St Francis DeSales

Answer 29

Renaissance. The Devout life.

Question 30

Enlightenment

Answer 30

There was no room for God. Instead reason and science dominated. Subjectivism, individualism, relativism were born

Question 31

Vatican I

Answer 31

The pope is infallible, the ethics of virtue, Pope Leo XIII writes on the condition of the working man.