Introduction to Spirituality Flashcards

1
Q

In spirituality, we find an image of the ___ in search for ___

A

Spirit
Connection

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2
Q

Mission without an accompanying spirituality is like body without ___

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Soul

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3
Q

Usually contrasted with body or matter

A

Spirit

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4
Q

Considered to be the opposite of physical or material

A

Spiritual

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5
Q

T/F: Spirit and spiritual are opposite in common parlance of matter and material, body and physical, but that is not the case according to biblical usage

A

T

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6
Q

In the bible, even the body can be a “spiritual body” according to ___

A

1Cor. 15:42-44

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7
Q

An attribute of the children of God

A

Spiritual

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8
Q

The spirit of God is a life-giving spirit. ___ is life

A

Spirituality

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9
Q

T/F: Spirituality is only life; it is all of life

A

F (not only life)

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10
Q

Spirituality is not achieved once and for all, but it is a ___

A

Journey

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11
Q

Different styles of living according to the spirit

A

Spiritualities

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12
Q

Each spirituality is a pathway to ___, a way to becoming proficient in living the life of the spirit

A

Holiness

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13
Q

The awareness of the transcendent

A

Spirituality

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14
Q

“the beyond in our midst”

A

Transcendent

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15
Q

The awareness of something beyond intellectual knowledge or normal sensory experience

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Spirituality

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16
Q

Spirit comes from the Latin word ‘___’ which means breath of life

A

Spiritus

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17
Q

The unseen force that breathes life into us, enlivens us gives us energy

A

Spirit

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18
Q

Helps to define the true, real unique self that is us and confirms our individuality

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Spirit

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19
Q

Religion comes from the latin ‘___’ which has been translated as reliance or connection

A

Religio

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20
Q

Identify if religion/spirituality:

Brings together people of similar beliefs and often similar spirituality

A

Religion

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21
Q

Identify if religion/spirituality:

Collective

A

Religion

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22
Q

Identify if religion/spirituality:

Requires a distinctive format or traditional organization

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Religion

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23
Q

Identify if religion/spirituality:

Personal or individual journey

A

Spirituality

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24
Q

Identify if religion/spirituality:

Individual

A

Spirituality

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25
Q

Identify if religion/spirituality:

Does not require a distinctive format or traditional organization

A

Spirituality

26
Q

“to read again”, “to consider carefully”

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Re lego / Relegere

27
Q

“to bind again”

A

Re ligare

28
Q

“to choose again”

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Re eligere

29
Q

Summa theologiae is according to ___

A

St. Thomas Aquinas

30
Q

Re lego/Relegere
Re ligare
Re eligere

Are from ___

A

Summa theologiae

31
Q

Religion is not a ___ virtue but a ___ virtue

A

Theological
Moral

32
Q

___ is the virtue by which we pay due worship to God

A

Religion

33
Q

In spirituality, the goal is to become fully human united with the divine:

___, ___, ___

A

Understanding
Perseverance
Patience

34
Q

According to ___, the ultimate goal of human life is the intimate and continual communion with God

A

Origen of Alexandria

35
Q

The path to intimacy with God, then, is viewed by ____ as the soul’s journey from earth to heaven

A

Origen

36
Q

Finding God through five senses

A

Body

37
Q

Finding God through enlightened knowledge

A

Soul

38
Q

Finding God through perpetual communion with God

A

Spirit

39
Q

The goal is to enter into union through ___

A

contemplation

40
Q

The result is a life of ___ and ___

A

pure love
active charity

41
Q

___ explained that spirituality is an inquiry into the supreme good, or the ___ which gives the happiness that all human beings seek

A

St. Augustine of Hippo
Summum Bonum

42
Q

Man has a wounded nature which is the outcome of ___

A

original sin

43
Q

___ classified the desire present in man

A

St. Augustine

44
Q

According to Augustine, the desire present in man can be classified into:

A

Desire of the flesh
Desire for wealth and possessions
Desire for power or authority

45
Q

___ proposes to follow the commandments and said, “It is our duty to do the will of God because His will is our deepest will too.”

A

St. Augustine

46
Q

___ teaches the practice of Evangelical Counsels as humanity follows the command of God”

“Love the Lord your God with all your heart”

A

St. Augustine

47
Q

Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and (___)

A

Chastity

48
Q

Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your strength and (___)

A

Poverty

49
Q

Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your mind (___)

A

Obedience

50
Q

Practice of the Evangelical Counsels to combat:

Desire of the Flesh

A

Chastity

51
Q

Practice of the Evangelical Counsels to combat:

Desire for Wealth or Possessions

A

Poverty

52
Q

Practice of the Evangelical Counsels to combat:

Desire for Power or Authority

A

Obedience

53
Q

___ is most interested in the question: “Do you truly seek God?”

A

St. Benedict of Nursia

54
Q

The Rule of ___ is direct and clear; he understood that real people are not all alike so you will find that all are not treated alike

A

St. Benedict

55
Q

He is not interested in imposing some grand spiritual scheme on the community, but rather in leading ordinary people to heavenly heights

A

St. Benedict

56
Q

T/F: Authentic Catholic Spirituality believes that spirituality is formed by human experience alone

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F (formed by conforming to a manual - the word of God)

57
Q

One of the most basic tenets of ___ is the assumption that there is not absolute truth; it puts an end to all truth claims

A

Postmodernism

58
Q

___ claim that a subjective-life spirituality is growing and will probably surpass religion

A

Woodhead (2005:12)

59
Q

We now live in a world governed by the ___ and submerged in a ___

A

dictatorship of relativism
crisis of truth

60
Q

According to ___, “if we don’t look for truth, we are guided by other interests, or fears, or the pressure of the crowd, of the media, of power, of self-comfort, and we are not free, we are slaves”

A

Archbishop Gabriele Giordano Caccia