Exam Semester I Flashcards
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.
Virtue
The four hinge virtues that support moral living: prudence, justice, fortitude, and temperance.
Cardinal virtues
A bad habit, such as laziness, that inclines us to choose the evil rather then the good.
Vice
The relationship between God and humans that results in a body of beliefs and a set of practices: creed, cult, and code.
Religion
Three important virtues bestowed on us at Baptism that relate us to God: faith, hope, and charity.
Theological virtues
Charitable actions that include feeding the hungry, clothing the naked, visiting the sick and imprisoned, sheltering the homeless, and burying the dead.
Corporal works of mercy
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.
Spiritual works of mercy
The Holy Spirit’s grace that cleanses us from our sins through faith in Jesus Christ and Baptism
Justification
Special gifts the Holy Spirit gives to individual Christians to build up the Church
Charisms
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
Gifts of the Holy Spirit
Perfections that result from living in union with the Holy Spirit
Fruits of the Holy Spirit
The capacity to choose between alternatives
Free will
A person’s most secret core and sanctuary that helps the person determine between good and evil.
Conscience
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.
Evangelical counsels
Saints that are chosen as special intercessors or protectors for our lives
Patron saint
A name for the Christian family.
Domestic Church
The moral virtue that enables people to integrate their sexuality into their stations in life.
Chastity
Sharing the Good News.
Evangelization
The priesthood of the faithful.
Common priesthood
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.
Ministerial priesthood
A prayer candle typically placed before a statue of Jesus or the Virgin Mary that is lit for a prayer intention.
Votive candle
Prayerful way to read the Bible or any other sacred writings, means divine reading.
Lectio divina
Wordless prayer whereby a person’s mind and heart rest in God’s goodness and majesty.
Contemplation
Heartfelt sorrow and aversion for sins committed along with the intention of sinning no more.
Contrition
The source and summit of Christian life.
Eucharist
A name given to the Holy Eucharist, especially the consecrated elements reserved in the tabernacle for adoration, or for the sick.
Blessed Sacrament
A prayer of devotion made for forty continuous hours in which the Blessed Sacrament is exposed.
Forty Hours’ Devotion
A form of prayer used in liturgies that includes prayers with responses.
Litany
A short, formulaic prayer that is said repeatedly.
Jesus Prayer
Supreme happiness.
Beatitudes
An unsubstantiated or preformed judgement about an individual or group
Prejudice
A favorite teaching device of Jesus in which he told a short story with a striking, memorable comparison that taught a religious message.
Parable
Any thought, word, or act that expresses hatred or contempt for Christ, God, the Church, Saints, of holy things.
Blasphemy
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.
Transfiguration
The presence of Jesus Christ in the consecrated species of bread and wine.
Real Presence
The study of and teaching about the “last things.”
Eschatology
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.
Liturgy of the Word
Seeing God face to face in Heaven.
Beatific Vision
The individual’s judgment immediately after death, when Christ will rule on one’s eternal destiny to be spent in Heaven or Hell.
Particular judgment
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.
Purgatory
The Second Coming of Christ when the Lord will judge the living and the dead.
Parousia
Our final communion with the Blessed Trinity, Mary, the angels, and all the saints.
Heaven
The unity of Jesus Christ with all those he has redeemed
Communion of Saints
Actual sins that weaken and wound our relationship with God but do not destroy divine life in our souls.
Venial sins
A serious violation of God’s law of love that results in the loss of God’s life in the soul of the sinner.
Mortal sin
Stories in the Gospels of Matthew and Luke about the early life of Jesus
Infancy narratives
The name of Jesus that means “God is with us.”
Emmanuel
The feast that celebrates the mystery of Christ’s manifestation as Savior of the world.
Epiphany
The belief that Mary was conceived without Original Sin.
Immaculate Conception
The Latin title for the Canticle of Mary.
Magnificat
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.
Annunciation
A central truth of Revelation that Catholics are obliged to believe.
Dogma
A word that means “call.” The primary call from God to be disciples of Jesus Christ.
Vocation
What are two ways we can strengthen the virtue of faith?
Reading scripture and Celebrating the Sacraments
What are five effects of sanctifying grace?
- 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
What are human beings capable of holiness?
Because we are God’s adopted children
What are the three senses of what it means to be a disciple of Jesus?
Pupil, friend, follower
How do the first three commandments show love for God?
- 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
What is the connection between love and forgiveness?
Forgiveness, although hard at times, is an essential quality of love
What is the greatest benefit of prayer?
It deepens our relationship with the Triune God
What are two ways to handle distractions in prayer?
Gazing at a crucifix or lighting a candle to keep your attention on God
What are two situations that can keep someone from entering the Kingdom of God?
Lack of understanding and being tempted by the devil
What is the general message of Jesus’ parables?
- 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
What was the purpose of Jesus’ miracles?
- to convey the heart of his message
- to show that Jesus was an outstanding teacher
Why is the Eucharist the center of the Church’s life?
It celebrates and creates the Church, allowing Jesus to live in and transform us
What are the characteristics of the Kingdom of God?
- has a present and future dimension
- is meant for all, especially the poor
- is open to sinners
- the beatitudes model it
How is the Incarnation a wonder of God’s love?
The liturgy of the Church and it’s saving effects are communicated in the sacraments especially the Eucharist
What does it mean to repent?
A change of mind, a turning from sin so one can be open to Jesus and his message
How is the Paschal Mystery made present?
In the liturgy of the Church and the sacraments, especially the Eucharist
What do Catholics believe about the resurrection of the body?
That our immortal souls AND bodies live on after death
Our final communion with the Blessed Trinity, Mary, the angels, and all the saints
Heaven
When was Jesus likely born?
4-6 BC at the time of King Herod the Great and during the reign of Caesar Augustus
What is the meaning of the name Jesus?
“God saves”
What is significant about John the Baptist baptizing in the Jordan River?
It was a symbol of Jewish freedom and the point of entry into the Promised Land
What theological truths are revealed at Jesus’s baptism?
- 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
