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Exam Semester I Flashcards

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A firm attitude, stable disposition, and habitual disposition of our intellect and will that regulates our actions, directs our passions, and guides our conduct according to reason and faith.

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Virtue

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The four hinge virtues that support moral living: prudence, justice, fortitude, and temperance.

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Cardinal virtues

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A bad habit, such as laziness, that inclines us to choose the evil rather then the good.

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Vice

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The relationship between God and humans that results in a body of beliefs and a set of practices: creed, cult, and code.

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Religion

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Three important virtues bestowed on us at Baptism that relate us to God: faith, hope, and charity.

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Theological virtues

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Charitable actions that include feeding the hungry, clothing the naked, visiting the sick and imprisoned, sheltering the homeless, and burying the dead.

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Corporal works of mercy

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Seven practices of Catholic charity directed toward the soul of our neighbor.
They are: counsel the doubtful, instruct the ignorant, admonish the sinner, comfort the sorrowful, forgive injuries, bear wrongs patiently, and pray for the living and the dead.

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Spiritual works of mercy

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The Holy Spirit’s grace that cleanses us from our sins through faith in Jesus Christ and Baptism

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Justification

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Special gifts the Holy Spirit gives to individual Christians to build up the Church

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Charisms

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God-given abilities that helps us live a Christian life with God’s help.
They are: wisdom, understanding, knowledge, counsel, fortitude, piety, and fear of the Lord

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Gifts of the Holy Spirit

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Perfections that result from living in union with the Holy Spirit

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Fruits of the Holy Spirit

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The capacity to choose between alternatives

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Free will

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A person’s most secret core and sanctuary that helps the person determine between good and evil.

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Conscience

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Vows of personal poverty, chastity understood as lifelong celibacy, and obedience to the demands of the community being joined that those entering the consecrated life process.

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Evangelical counsels

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Saints that are chosen as special intercessors or protectors for our lives

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Patron saint

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A name for the Christian family.

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Domestic Church

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The moral virtue that enables people to integrate their sexuality into their stations in life.

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Chastity

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Sharing the Good News.

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Evangelization

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The priesthood of the faithful.

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Common priesthood

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The priesthood of Christ received in the Sacrament of Holy Orders that is meant to build up and guide the Church in the name of Christ.

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Ministerial priesthood

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A prayer candle typically placed before a statue of Jesus or the Virgin Mary that is lit for a prayer intention.

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Votive candle

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Prayerful way to read the Bible or any other sacred writings, means divine reading.

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Lectio divina

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Wordless prayer whereby a person’s mind and heart rest in God’s goodness and majesty.

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Contemplation

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Heartfelt sorrow and aversion for sins committed along with the intention of sinning no more.

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Contrition

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The source and summit of Christian life.

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Eucharist

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A name given to the Holy Eucharist, especially the consecrated elements reserved in the tabernacle for adoration, or for the sick.

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Blessed Sacrament

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A prayer of devotion made for forty continuous hours in which the Blessed Sacrament is exposed.

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Forty Hours’ Devotion

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A form of prayer used in liturgies that includes prayers with responses.

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Litany

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A short, formulaic prayer that is said repeatedly.

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Jesus Prayer

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Supreme happiness.

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Beatitudes

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An unsubstantiated or preformed judgement about an individual or group

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Prejudice

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A favorite teaching device of Jesus in which he told a short story with a striking, memorable comparison that taught a religious message.

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Parable

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Any thought, word, or act that expresses hatred or contempt for Christ, God, the Church, Saints, of holy things.

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Blasphemy

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My mystery from Christ’s life in which God’s glory shone through and transformed Jesus’ physical appearance while he was in the company of the Old Testament prophets.

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Transfiguration

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The presence of Jesus Christ in the consecrated species of bread and wine.

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Real Presence

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The study of and teaching about the “last things.”

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Eschatology

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An essentially part of the celebration of the Sacrament of the Holy Eucharist they draws on readings from the Old and New Testaments and features a reading from one of the Gospels and a homily that is an exhortation to accept these readings as the Word of God.

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Liturgy of the Word

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Seeing God face to face in Heaven.

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Beatific Vision

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The individual’s judgment immediately after death, when Christ will rule on one’s eternal destiny to be spent in Heaven or Hell.

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Particular judgment

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The state of purification that takes place after death for those who need to be made clean and holy before meeting the all-holy God in Heaven.

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Purgatory

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The Second Coming of Christ when the Lord will judge the living and the dead.

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Parousia

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Our final communion with the Blessed Trinity, Mary, the angels, and all the saints.

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Heaven

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The unity of Jesus Christ with all those he has redeemed

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Communion of Saints

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Actual sins that weaken and wound our relationship with God but do not destroy divine life in our souls.

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Venial sins

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A serious violation of God’s law of love that results in the loss of God’s life in the soul of the sinner.

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Mortal sin

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Stories in the Gospels of Matthew and Luke about the early life of Jesus

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Infancy narratives

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The name of Jesus that means “God is with us.”

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Emmanuel

48
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The feast that celebrates the mystery of Christ’s manifestation as Savior of the world.

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Epiphany

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The belief that Mary was conceived without Original Sin.

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Immaculate Conception

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The Latin title for the Canticle of Mary.

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Magnificat

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The announcement of the birth of Jesus that takes place when the angel Gabriel tells Mary that God has chosen her to be the Mother of the Lord.

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Annunciation

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A central truth of Revelation that Catholics are obliged to believe.

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Dogma

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A word that means “call.” The primary call from God to be disciples of Jesus Christ.

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Vocation

54
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What are two ways we can strengthen the virtue of faith?

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Reading scripture and Celebrating the Sacraments

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What are five effects of sanctifying grace?

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  • enables us to believe and hope in God and to love him through the theological virtues
  • gives us the power to live under the influence of the Holy Spirit through the gifts he bestows on us
  • allows us to grow in goodness through the moral virtues
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What are human beings capable of holiness?

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Because we are God’s adopted children

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What are the three senses of what it means to be a disciple of Jesus?

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Pupil, friend, follower

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How do the first three commandments show love for God?

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  • how to make God central in our lives
  • how to honor God’s name
  • how to praise God for his works of creation and thank him for his saving works
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What is the connection between love and forgiveness?

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Forgiveness, although hard at times, is an essential quality of love

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What is the greatest benefit of prayer?

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It deepens our relationship with the Triune God

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What are two ways to handle distractions in prayer?

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Gazing at a crucifix or lighting a candle to keep your attention on God

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What are two situations that can keep someone from entering the Kingdom of God?

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Lack of understanding and being tempted by the devil

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What is the general message of Jesus’ parables?

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  • salvation is here
  • the Kingdom of God is a pure gift
  • God loves sinners
  • the Good News about the Kingdom of God requires an urgent response
  • the Good News of God’s Kingdom demands repentance
  • following Jesus may bring suffering
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What was the purpose of Jesus’ miracles?

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  • to convey the heart of his message

- to show that Jesus was an outstanding teacher

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Why is the Eucharist the center of the Church’s life?

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It celebrates and creates the Church, allowing Jesus to live in and transform us

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What are the characteristics of the Kingdom of God?

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  • has a present and future dimension
  • is meant for all, especially the poor
  • is open to sinners
  • the beatitudes model it
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How is the Incarnation a wonder of God’s love?

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The liturgy of the Church and it’s saving effects are communicated in the sacraments especially the Eucharist

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What does it mean to repent?

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A change of mind, a turning from sin so one can be open to Jesus and his message

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How is the Paschal Mystery made present?

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In the liturgy of the Church and the sacraments, especially the Eucharist

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What do Catholics believe about the resurrection of the body?

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That our immortal souls AND bodies live on after death

71
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Our final communion with the Blessed Trinity, Mary, the angels, and all the saints

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Heaven

72
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When was Jesus likely born?

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4-6 BC at the time of King Herod the Great and during the reign of Caesar Augustus

73
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What is the meaning of the name Jesus?

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“God saves”

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What is significant about John the Baptist baptizing in the Jordan River?

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It was a symbol of Jewish freedom and the point of entry into the Promised Land

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What theological truths are revealed at Jesus’s baptism?

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  • showing Jesus’ perfect submission to his Father’s will
  • foreshadowing Jesus’ death for the remission of our sins
  • serving as a model for our own baptism

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