IE 3 Finals

Question 1

Has multiple meanings, shifting with context

Answer 1

Symbol

Question 2

Is an object that represents or stands for something that is a sacred truth or mystery of
our faith.

Answer 2

Symbol

Question 2

Comes from a Greek word that means “to bring together.

Answer 2

Symbol

Question 2

is symbolic as a badge of faith that identifies us as Christians, and as a confirmation of our belief in
the Triune God.

Answer 2

Sign of the cross

Question 3

Sign comes from the Latin word

Answer 3

signum, which means mark or characteristic

Question 4

has a singular meaning

Answer 4

Sign

Question 5

is something that gives us direction by pointing beyond itself to a spiritual reality
that we are not able to fully attain, perceive or understand

Answer 5

Christian sign

Question 6

Are a means of grace and have several forms and are reverent gestures such as a genuflection, bowing and kneeling

Answer 6

Sign

Question 7

Signs of the sacraments

Answer 7

water for baptism, bread and wine for Holy Communion, the sign of the cross on the forehead with chrism oil for Confirmation, words of forgiveness for Reconciliation, the vows that the couple address to each other for Matrimony, imposition of a bishop’s hands on the head for Holy Orders and anointing with holy oil of the sick for Anointing of the Sick

Question 8

What is the similarity of sign and symbol?

Answer 8

Sufficiently close that the sign is capable of leading us to a notion of the higher reality

Question 9

are the seven great means that God has given the Church so that her members may grow in the life
of grace.

Answer 9

The sacramentsq

Question 10

What are the first five correspond to the different needs of the Christian’s spiritual life?

Answer 10

birth, growth, nutrition, and cure in sickness, and preparation for the soul’s union with God.

Question 11

is an external or sensible sign, instituted by Christ that causes the grace it signifies

Answer 11

Sacrament

Question 12

It is known through the external senses

Answer 12

Sacrament is sensible

Question 13

What would not be a sensible sacrament?

Answer 13

A merely internal perception, such as an image
produced by the imagination

Question 14

Why does God use material means to give us his grace?

Answer 14

It may well be for instructional reasons, since in our present physical condition, material things help us understand what is spiritual. In a certain way, we come to understand supernatural realities through our senses. The humanity of Christ, words and actions, songs and music, sacred images, and other sacred objects have a similar instructive purpos

Question 15

It is something that represents a reality (the signified thing) distinct from the sign itself.

Answer 15

Sacrament as sign

Question 16

n is an intermediary between the signified thing and the subject who knows it

Answer 16

Sign

Question 17

If the letters of the alphabet as a sign is based on convention, then what about the sacramental sign?

Answer 17

The sacramental sign, however, bears a natural resemblance to the signified reality.

Question 18

What does washing or anointing the body signify?

Answer 18

signifies the cleansing or comforting of
the soul, respectively

Question 19

What are the dogmas of faith sacraments (the 7 sacraments)?

Answer 19

Baptism, Confirmation, Eucharist, Penance,
Anointing of the Sick, Holy Orders, and Matrimony.

Question 19

What does it mean when a sacrament is instituted by Christ?

Answer 19

Only God can give grace, and, therefore, only he can decide what means or channels he will use to communicate it to us.

Question 20

How does the sacrament causes the grace it signifies?

Answer 20

The sacraments communicate both sanctifying grace and the specific grace
of each sacrament.

Question 21

What is the intention of the first 5 sacraments?

Answer 21

to bring about the perfection of the individual man in himself

Question 22

What is the purpose of the last 2 sacraments?

Answer 22

are so constituted that they perfect and multiply the entire Church.

Question 23

What are the sacraments that are to be received once?

Answer 23

The Sacraments of Baptism, Confirmation, and Holy Orders can only be received once

Question 24

How many sacraments are tehre?

Answer 24

7

Question 25

This is common to all the Sacraments.

Answer 25

Conferring of grace

Question 26

What is common to all sacraments aside from conferring of grace?

Answer 26

a Sacrament is made up of words and physical
acts

Question 27

Who is the author of the sacraments?

Answer 27

Jesus himself

Question 28

How are the Sacraments made holy and have the power of sanctifying through the words which accompany the action?

Answer 28

just as the flesh of Christ
was sanctified, and has the power of sanctifying because of the Word united to itself

Question 29

What did St. Augustine said about the sacrament?

Answer 29

The word is joined to the element, and the Sacrament is made

Question 30

How are the words by which the Sacraments are sanctified called?

Answer 30

Form of the sacraments

Question 30

consists of those things which are sanctified

Answer 30

Matter of the sacraments

Question 31

What is the matter of water?

Answer 31

Baptism

Question 31

What is required in each sacrament?

Answer 31

A minister

Question 31

What is the matter of confirmation?

Answer 31

Holy Chrism

Question 31

What is the purpose of the minister in the sacrament?

Answer 31

of doing that which the Church intends