divine concepts

Question 1

Natural Revelation
(IMPORTANT)

Answer 1

The ways in which we come to know God through what we can observe and experience. (It is also the process by which God makes himself known to human reason.)

Question 2

What do we learn about God from Creation?

Answer 2

*God is mighty and powerful
*God is infinitely creative
*God is good and cares for His creation

Question 3

What are all the ways that theologians try to convince non-believers of God’s existence?

Answer 3

*THE FIRST MOVER: for the first objects to move, there had to be a “first mover,” who moved everything else.
*CAUSALITY: God is the first cause
*CONTINGENCY: everything comes from something and God is something
*PERFECTION: God is the supreme model, and since humans are able to distinguish good from bad, the best is God.
*INTELLIGENT BEING: God is the grand designer, who created everything.

Question 4

Can you understand God?

Answer 4

NO, because He is beyond the realm of mortal reason. Humans don’t have the capacity to behold who God is.

Question 5

Divine Revelation
(IMPORTANT)

Answer 5

Divine Revelation is God manifesting and showing himself to us. HE reveals HIS OWN mysteries. God’s self communication.

Question 6

What is Revelation?

Answer 6

Revelation is something that becomes known.

Question 7

What are the 3 Connected Things (regarding divine revelation)?

Answer 7

*Himself (God)
*His mysteries
*His Divine Plan

Question 8

What is Divine Revelation NOT about?

Answer 8

Divine Revelation is not about things religious or commandments of God. (It is God’s disclosure of Himself.)

Question 9

Why did God reveal Himself to us?

Answer 9

He wanted to. It pleases God, because he wants a connection with us.

Question 10

Will we grasp it FULLY if He reveals Himself to us through Divine Revelation?

Answer 10

Just because He reveals Himself to us does NOT mean that we will grasp if fully.

Question 11

What are some things God has revealed to us?

Answer 11

*There are 3 persons in the Blessed Trinity
*God is all powerful
*God had no beginnings
*God loves humans

Question 12

IMPORTNT INFORMATION…

Answer 12

God’s revelations are by His WORDS AND DEEDS!!!

Question 13

What is a Covenant?

Answer 13

a solemn, mutual commitment that God and God’s people make to eachother.

Question 14

What is Salvation History?

Answer 14

Salvation History is when we discover God’s revelation in our own human history.

Question 15

What is the Deposit of Faith?
(IMPORTANT)

Answer 15

The Deposit of Faith is the truth of God’s revelation as expressed in Sacred Scripture. It is the body of saving truth entrusted by Christ to the Apostles and handed on to them to be preserved and proclaimed.

Question 16

What is Sacred Scripture
(IMPORTANT)

Answer 16

The inspired, written word of God, and the record of His revelation in history.

Question 17

What is Sacred Tradition?
(IMPORTANT)

Answer 17

The word of God as taught and transmitted through the teaching authority of Christ. (the passing down of Faith) IT IS PASSED DOWN ORALLY by word of mouth.

Question 18

What does Scripture consist of in the Bible?

Answer 18

The Old Testament and the New Testament. (Though before the Bible was written, people learned of God through Divine and actual Revelation.)

Question 19

What is Tradition?

Answer 19

Tradition is the Word of God, as received from Christ Himself, through the Apostles and transmitted to us without altercation. (IT IS NOT SACRED TRADITION)

Question 20

What is the Magesterium?
(IMPORTANT)

Answer 20

The Magesterium is the living, teaching office of the Church, which interprets God’s Word. (has Bishops and Pope)

Question 21

Who is in the Magesterium???

Answer 21

the bishops and Pope

Question 22

What is the Canon of Scripture
(IMPORTANT)

Answer 22

The list of Old and New Testament books that the Catholic Church accepts as the inspired Word of God

Question 23

Deuterocanonical Books
(IMPORTANT)

Answer 23

In here, there are 7 Books:
*Tobit
*Judith
*1 Maccabees
*2 Maccabees
*Wisdom
*Baruch
*Sirach of Ecclesiasticus

Question 24

What is the Protoevangelium?
(IMPORTANT)

Answer 24

(Means “First Gospel,” in Latin.) Initial sign that God didn’t abandon humanity after the original sin, the promise that Eve’s Offspring would destroy the snake (sin and death), and this promise is fulfilled in Jesus Christ.

Question 25

What is the Septuagint?

Answer 25

The Sacred Scripture written in Greece by Greek Jews.

Question 26

What is the Masoretic Text?

Answer 26

The Sacred Scripture written in Hebrew by Jews in Jerusalem

Question 27

What is Exegesis?
(IMPORTANT)

Answer 27

The critical interpretation of the Bible to discover its meaning

Question 28

What is Agnosticism?
(IMPORTANT)

Answer 28

Agnosticism is the belief that it is not possible to determine whether a divine being like God actually exists. They do not disbelieve or believe in God. Indifferent to God. (Not like an aesthetic, who firmly believes God does not exist.)

Question 29

What is Atheism?
(IMPPRTANT)

Answer 29

Atheism is the belief that God or a higher power simply does not exist. Period.

Question 30

What is Typology?
(IMPORTANT)

Answer 30

God’s use of people and events from the Old Testament to serve as living prophecies of his covenant promises. To instill faith in people.