FINAL Flashcards
Original sin; 2 meanings, vs. actual sin
MEANING., Original sin may be taken to mean: (I) the sin that Adam committed; (2) a consequence of this first sin, the hereditary stain with which we are born on account of our origin or descent from Adam.
Actual sins are the sins we commit every day before we are saved, such as lying, swearing, stealing.
Sanctifying grace; its nature and necessity, and relation to the theological virtues.
Grace “is the gratuitous gift that God makes to us of his own life, infused by the Holy Spirit into our soul to heal it of sin and to sanctify it” (Catechism of the Catholic Church, 1999).
1999 The grace of Christ is the gratuitous gift that God makes to us of his own life, infused by the Holy Spirit into our soul to heal it of sin and to sanctify it. It is the sanctifying or deifying grace received in Baptism. It is in us the source of the work of sanctification:
Sanctifying grace is also called habitual grace because it is a stable disposition which perfects the soul through the infusion of virtues, to enable it to live with God, to act by his love (see Catechism, 2000).
Sanctifying grace vs actual grace.
Sanctifying Grace is called abiding grace or permanent grace, because we are meant to have it always. Actual Grace is called transient grace. This means that Actual Grace is only given to us when we need it, to perform a good act, or to overcome a temptation.
Hierarchy of truths
The ‘hierarchy of truth . . . is a principle of organic structure.’ It should not be confused with the degrees of certainty; it simply means that the different truths of faith are ‘organized’ around a center”
Homoousia
is a Christian theological term, most notably used in the Nicene Creed for describing Jesus (God the Son) as “same in being” or “same in essence” with God the Father (ὁμοούσιον τῷ Πατρί). The same term was later also applied to the Holy Spirit in order to designate him as being “same in essence” with the Father and the Son.
theandric/theanthropic acts
of or relating to the divine and human or their union or joint operation
one and the same Christ, working both the divine and the human actions by one theandric operation
embodying deity in a human form; both divine and human.
Hypostatic Union, what it is and the Confession of Chalcedon
Hypostatic Union, a theological term used with reference to the Incarnation to express the revealed truth that in Christ one person subsists in two natures, the Divine and the human.
Council of Chalcedon (451), which declared that in Christ the two natures, each retaining its own properties, are united in one subsistence and one person (eis en prosopon kai mian upostasin) (Denzinger, ed. Bannwart, 148). They are not joined in a moral or accidental union (Nestorius), nor commingled (Eutyches), and nevertheless they are substantially united.
4 reasons why Word became flesh in the CCC
- in order to save us by reconciling with God. 2. so that we might know God’s love. 3. to be our model of holiness. 4. to make us partakers of the divine nature.
Theosis
Theosis. It is also known as deification, divinization, participation, and divine sonship.
How the Messiah in his 3 Offices was foretold in the Old Testament
The doctrine states that Jesus Christ performed three functions (or “offices”) in his earthly ministry – those of prophet,[1] priest,[2] and king.[3]
In the Old Testament, the appointment of someone to any of these three positions could be sanctioned by anointing him by pouring oil over his head. Thus, the term messiah, meaning “anointed one”, is associated with the concept of the threefold office.
Justification vs. Sanctification as discussed in class
Justification happens outside of you, you are declared righteous. Sanctification happens inside of you, you are made righteous. Justification is a one-time event, and sanctification is a continual process.
Why the Savior must be God and man according to St. Anselm
paid humanity’s sinful debt to God, satisfying divine justice and opening the way to forgiveness and reconciliation
St. Robert Bellarmine’s definition of the Church discussed in class as well as the Church as an invisible and visible, divine and human reality (3 aspects)
The profession of the true faith, the communion of the sacraments, and subjection to the legitimate shepherd, the Roman Pontiff. By reason of the first part all infidels are excluded, both those who were never in the Church, such as Jews, Turks, and pagans; and those who were, and went back, such as heretics and apostates. By reason of the second part catechumens and excommunicates are excluded, the former because they are not admitted to the communion of the sacraments, and the latter because they are cast out. By reason of the third part are excluded schismatics, who have faith and sacraments, but are not subject to the legitimate pastors, and therefore they profess the faith and receive the sacraments outside [of the Church]. But all others are included, even the reprobate, the wicked, and the impious.
4 Marks of the Church, define what they are and list and explain aspects of each
one, holy, catholic, and apostolic
3 categories/levels of magisterial teaching
(1) truths taught as divinely revealed, (2) definitively proposed statements on matters closely connected with revealed truth, and (3) ordinary teaching on faith and morals.
