Lesson 1 Flashcards
Who said that “For those with faith no evidences are needed, for those without no evidences will suffice”
St. Thomas Aquinas
Faith is a ______ and a ______
Grace and a Choice
What is the adequate response to God’s invitation
faith
By his ________, “The invisible God, from the fullness of his love, addresses men as his friends, and moves among them, in order to invite and receive them into his own company”
Revelation
By _______, completely submits his intellect and his will to God
Faith
Sacred Scriptures calls this human response to God, the author of revelation, ________
The obedience of faith
By faith, man completely submits his intellect and his will to God
The obedience of faith
to obey (from the latin ______, to “_______”)
ob-audire, hear or listen to
Who is the model of obedience of faith offered to us by the sacred scriptures
Abraham
Who is the perfect embodiment of the obedience of faith
Mary
Father of all who believe
Abraham
The ________, in its great eulogy of the faith of Israel’s ancestors, lays special emphasis on Abraham’s faith
Letter to the Hebrews
Abraham by faith:
Lived as a stranger and a pilgrim
Sarah was given to conceive the son
Offered his only son in sacrifice
Abraham thus fulfills the definition of faith in ________
Hebrews 11:1
Faith as defined in the Hebrews 11:1
“Faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen”
Father who believed
Abraham
because he (Abraham) was “strong in his faith,” Abraham became the “___________”
Father of all who believed
The _________ is rich in witness to this faith (Abraham’s faith)
Old testament
The pioneer and perfecter of our faith
Jesus
Blessed is she who believed
Mary
By faith Mary welcomes the ___________ brought by the angel ___________
Tidings and promise, Gabriel
How did Mary give her assent
“Behold the handmaid of the Lord; Let it be done to me according to your word”
Who greeted Mary with “Blessed is she who believed that there would be fulfillment of what was spoken to her from the Lord”
Elizabeth
Why did God make us free
So that we could love him by our own decision
God created man with __________ to know what is rights and wrong
Intellect and will
principal witness of the obedience of faith
Abraham and Mary
who parallel’s eve or at least what she was supposed to be
Mary
Levels of venerations
Latria, dulia, hyperdulia
Latria
Supreme worship to God alone
Hyperdulia
The veneration offered to Virgin Mary
Dulia
reverence accorded to saints and angels
The covenant of revelation and faith
Jesus
_____ doesn’t limit, but guides the people
Law
Truth: Jesus revealed ______ about _________
Everything about the father, son, and holy spirit
Personal adherence of man to God
Faith
True or False: Christian faith differs from our faith in any human person
true
True of False: It is not right to entrust oneself wholly to God
False
True of False: Believing in God is separate from believing in the one he sent
False
The word made flesh
Jesus
______ is the only one who knows him and can reveal him
Jesus Christ
Three essential domains of faith
Doing (will), Believing (Mind), and Trusting/Worshipping (Heart)
A commitment to follow (obey)
Doing (will)
Basic conviction
Believing (Mind)
Entrusting Life to God
Trusting/Believing (Heart)
Highest form of worship
Mass
It is _________ who reveals to men who Jesus is
Holy spirit
True or False: no one can say “Jesus is Lord”
False
True or False: No one comprehends the thoughts of God, except the Spirit of God
True
The church never ceases to proclaim her faith in one only __________
God: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit
The center/pinnacle of faith, highest being, highest mystery
Holy Trinity
First step to eternal life
The necessity of faith
True or False: Believing in Christ alone is necessary to obtain salvation
False, Believing in Christ and the one who sent him is necessary to obtain salvation
A gift of God, a supernatural virtue infused by him
Faith
before faith can be exercised, man must have ____________
The grace of God
A human act
Faith
True or False: In faith: the human intellect and will cooperates with divine grace
True
_________ is an act of the intellect assenting to the divine truth by command of the will moved through grace
Believing
True or False: What moves us to believe is the fact that revealed truths appear as true and intelligible in the light of our natural reason
False, we believe “because of the authority of God himself who reveals them, who can neither deceive nor be deceived.”
we believe because _____
of the authority of God himself who reveals them
What are the certain signs of divine revelation:
Saints
Miracles
prophecies
Church’s growth and holiness
Faith is ______ yet obscure
Certain
True or False: Faith is more certain than all human knowledge because it is founded on the very word of God
True
Faith is _______, yet morally obliging
Free
True or False: Main support to God by God’s revelation must be free and therefore nobody is to be force to enhance the faith
False, (God’s revelation - Faith)
Faith is _______, yet beyond natural reason
reasonable
True or False: The more penetrating the knowledge will in turn call forth a greater faith
True
who said “I believe in order to understand; and I understand, the better to believe”
St Augustine
Meaning of “Fides quaerens intellectum”
Knowledge seeking understanding
True or False: Faith entails believing blindly
False, must believe rationally
True or False: Faith is above reason
True
True or False: God who reveals mysteries and infuses faith has bestowed the light of reason on the human mind, God cannot deny himself, nor can truth ever contradict truth.”
True
True or False: It is the responsibility of a Christian to coerce others to one’s faith
False, Christ invites people to faith and conversion
True or false: It is impossible to please God without faith
True
Faith is an ______, yet a process
act
Faith is a ________, yet our doing
Free gift
True or False: you can’t lose faith
False, You can lose this priceless gift
True or False: Faith makes us taste in advance the light of the beatific vision
True
True or False: “We walk by faith, not by sight”; we perceive God as “in a mirror, brightly” and “in full.”
False. “We walk by faith, not by sight”; we perceive God as “in a mirror, dimly” and only “in part.”
True or False: faith is often lived in darkness and can be put to the test.
True
True or False: Our experiences evil, suffering, injustice, and death seem to contradict the Good News; they can never shake our faith and become a temptation against it.
False
In hope…Believed against hope
Abraham
Her pilgrimage of faith walked into the “night of faith”
Virgin Mary
Meaning of “Amen”
So be it
Man submits himself completely with his intellect and will
Dei Verbum
Pinnacle of Faith
Mary
Ultimate model of faith
Mary
Object of faith
Jesus
Had faith from the start of faith to the last ordeal
Mary
a human act, conscious and free, corresponding to the dignity of the human person.
Believing
True or False: “He who believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who does not believe will be condemned”
True
Purest realization of faith
Mary
free assent to the whole truth
that God has revealed.
Faith
supernatural virtue infused by him.
faith
motiva credibilitatis
Motives of credibility
“Ten thousand difficulties do not make one doubt.”
Faith is certain
“the pillar and bulwark of the truth,”
Church
True or False: In order to
believe, man needs the interior helps of the Holy Spirit.
True
sign of recognition and communion between believers.
Symbols of faith