First Semester Theology Final Flashcards
Our tendency to do what’s wrong
Concupiscence
the first humans who lost their closeness with God
Adam & Eve
the state of human nature deprived of the original holiness and justice Adam and Eve enjoyed before the fall
Original sin
achieved when we behold God in Heaven
Perfect happiness
temporary pleasure from earthly goods
Imperfect happiness
a person that’s not a Jew
gentile
Hebrew word for “anointed one” and title given to the Savior
messiah
early bishops and teachers of the Church
Fathers of the church
a person who worships many gods (practices polytheism)
Pagan
a brief summary/profession of our Christian faith
Creed
arguments that use human reason and observation to conclude that God exists
5 Proofs for the existence of God
meeting of all the worlds bishops together in union with the pope
Ecumenical Council
a dangerous philosophy which asserts that human reason is not capable of knowing truth or God
Relativism
free of error
Inerrant
the definitive account of the Catholic understanding of divine revelation in the Dogmatic Constitution on Divine Revelation
Dei verbum
an interpretation or analysis of Scriptural text
exegesis
official list of Scripture
canon of Scripture
Greek translation of the Old Testament
septuagint
protestant 7 books of the Old Testament
Apocryphal books
Catholic 7 books of the Old Testament
Deuterocanonical books
Latin translation of the Bible
vulgate
short statement you must believe to be a practicing Catholic
Dogma
these explain dogmas - you must believe them too
Doctrine
recommended but not required (Rosary, Adoration)
Discipline
God revealing Himself directly to us
Divine revelation
the living teaching authority of the Catholic Church whose task it is to give an authentic interpretation of the Word of God found in Scripture and Tradition.
magisterium
the proof that explains that there must be a something or a someone who possess all perfection in order to be the standard bu which everything else is measured - that someone is God.
Argument from the degrees of perfection
the proof that explains that there must be someone o something that is not contingent on something else and upon whom everything else is dependent - that someone is God.
Argument from contingency
the proof that explains that the universe is too complex to have happened by chance therefore there must have been a supremely intelligent someone who is the author of all that exists - that someone is God.
argument from design
the proof that explains that since nothing can cause itself, there must be a something or someone that caused everything - that someone is God.
argument from causation