Creation and The Nature of Man Flashcards
What does Sheed say God gains by creating and why?
Nothing, He contains everything
What does Sheed say is our greatest glory as God’s creatures?
glorifying God
Sheed says that the “primary truth about ourselves” is ______________________
and _____________________________.
He brought us into creation
continues to keep us in existence.
Science studies the constitution of matter – what things are made of. What are the two far more vital questions Sheed says no science can study?
by whom were they made, for what were they made
“God’s will is the only law for sane people.” Briefly explain the meaning for Sheed saying this.
Sin, for instance, is an effort to gain something against the will of God; but the will of God is all that holds us in existence; when we sin, we are hacking away at our only support! What could be more idiotic? The realization may not prevent us from sinning; but it ensures that we shall feel fools while doing it.
Sheed, Frank. Theology for Beginners (Illustrated) (p. 66). Aeterna Press. Kindle Edition.
What are the two vast divisions of the universe God created and what is the one difference between them that is paramount?
spirit and matter.
spiritual beings alone are made in His image and likeness.
Sheed, Frank. Theology for Beginners (Illustrated) (p. 66). Aeterna Press. Kindle Edition.
“Sanity demands that we correct this strange defect in our seeing.” Briefly explain what Sheed says is the strange defect.
We tend to forget about angels simply because they are spirits.
Angels can nourish our minds, as cows our bodies; Fallen angels can damage our souls, as microbes our bodies:
Sheed, Frank. Theology for Beginners (Illustrated) (p. 68). Aeterna Press. Kindle Edition.
Briefly explain the one reason Sheed gives for the resurrection of our bodies at the last day
Men are soul and body. We should not be men without them, but only inadequate angels.
Sheed, Frank. Theology for Beginners (Illustrated) (p. 69). Aeterna Press. Kindle Edition.
According to Sheed, “the Fathers and Doctors of the Church never thought of Genesis
___________________________________________________________.”
as giving us a scientific blueprint of creation.
Sheed, Frank. Theology for Beginners (Illustrated) (p. 71). Aeterna Press. Kindle Edition.
Sheed says Catholics are not forced to choose between evolution and creation because they answer two totally different questions. Briefly explain his response.
What they must not deny is the immediate creation, for the first man and every subsequent man, of the soul. The soul, being a spirit, having no parts, cannot evolve from some lower form; it can exist only if God creates it.
Sheed, Frank. Theology for Beginners (Illustrated) (p. 72). Aeterna Press. Kindle Edition.
According to Sheed, “God breathed into man_____________________________”
was His own image and likeness—a spiritual soul.
Sheed, Frank. Theology for Beginners (Illustrated) (p. 74). Aeterna Press. Kindle Edition.
Briefly explain what Sheed gives as the difference between the soul of plants and animals and the soul of man.
But the soul of man not only animates the body, but it also has powers of its own, powers utterly outside the possibilities of matter. Here it would be well to glance back once more at the section called “Spirit.”
Sheed, Frank. Theology for Beginners (Illustrated) (p. 75). Aeterna Press. Kindle Edition.
What is the “final point” in the relation of soul and body that Sheed gives regarding man?
they are not two separate things, one of which animates the other; they are combined in one being, man himself.
Sheed, Frank. Theology for Beginners (Illustrated) (p. 76). Aeterna Press. Kindle Edition.
“God’s will is the reason for man’s existence; so God’s will must be the law of his existence. To disobey the law is _________; to think we can gain by disobeying it is ______________.”
sin; insanity.
Sheed, Frank. Theology for Beginners (Illustrated) (p. 77). Aeterna Press. Kindle Edition.
According to Sheed, we cannot break the physical laws, but, if we ignore them, they can break us.
Briefly explain how the laws of morality are the same as physical laws.
We cannot break the laws, but, if we ignore them, they can break us. In this the laws of morality are the same as physical laws. If we disobey them, even in ignorance, our nature is always damaged, for they are the laws of reality. If we disobey them, knowing that God has commanded us to obey them, then there is sin, the worst damage of all.
Sheed, Frank. Theology for Beginners (Illustrated) (p. 78). Aeterna Press. Kindle Edition.
