Lesson 3: HUMAN WILL AND DIVINE GRACE

Question 1

has traditionally been conceived of as a kind of power to control one’s choices and actions

Answer 1

free will

Question 2

is the power or capacity to choose among alternatives or to act in certain situations independently of natural, social, or divine restraints.

Answer 2

Free will (Human Will)

Question 3

they held other things and entities as responsible for evil in the world fate ( gods and goddesses, forces of nature,
and so forth instead of accepting any share whatsoever in the responsibility

Answer 3

Pagans

Question 4

anyone who touched it would
discover the penalty of sin, and so be able to distinguish between the good obedience and the evil of disobedience

Answer 4

Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil,

Question 5

Two Types of Will:

Answer 5

1. Voluntas recta - the correct one
   Bona voluntas - the good will
2. Voluntas perversa - an erroneous one
   Mala Voluntas - the evil will

Question 6

• refers to the human will when it is properly directed that is, focused on what is intrinsically good
• Identified with “good love”
• Love in a good sense

Answer 6

Voluntas recta, Bona
voluntas

Question 7

• refers to the human will when it is focused on something which turns out to be wrong even when it appears as good (apparent good)
• Identified with “perverted love”
• Love in a bad sense

Answer 7

Voluntas perversa, Mala
Voluntas

Question 8

True or False

Ancient Greek philosophers (like Socrates) held that no man desires evil or does something wrong knowingly

Answer 8

True

Question 9

are inferior to spiritual goods

Answer 9

Material goods (worldly honor glory, beauty, wealth, etc)

Question 10

True or False

even among spiritual goods God occupies the highest place

Answer 10

True

Question 11

as the power of the soul to do something (voluntas )

Answer 11

“will”

Question 12

the “act of choosing” between alternative courses of action

Answer 12

liberum arbitrium

Question 13

is an act of turning away from God

Answer 13

Evil

Question 14

is the capacity to act or not to act . It is the power to perform or not to perform, to do or not to do. With this, we have the power to determine the course
of our actions.

Answer 14

freedom

Question 15

is the power, rooted in reason and will, to act or not to act, to do this or that, and so to perform deliberate actions on one’s own responsibility

Answer 15

freedom

Question 16

The choice to disobey and
do evil is an abuse of freedom and leads to

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“the slavery of sin “

Question 17

Human freedom can refer to:

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1. The capacity for Self determination
2. The context
3. The choice itself actualized freedom
4. The self formed by the three fundamental orientation

Question 18

it is not primarily a psychological term, but refers to our “moral being” as a human person

Answer 18

fundamental freedom or option

Question 19

is not “the right to say and do
anything,” but to “do what is good ”

Answer 19

authentic freedom

Question 20

involves freedom from everything that opposes our true self becoming with others in the community

Answer 20

Authentic freedom

Question 21

ignorance or disordered passions, fears, personality defects, bad habits, prejudices, or psychological disturbances

Answer 21

Interior obstacles

Question 22

is a movement of the sensitive appetite that inclines us to act or not to act with regard to something felt or imagined to be good or evil

Answer 22

Passion

Question 23

is the shrinking back of the mind on account of an impending evil

Answer 23

Fear

Question 24

is a compulsive influence brought to bear upon one against his will by some extrinsic agent

Answer 24

Violence

Question 25

is defined as a facility and readiness of acting in a certain manner acquired by repeated acts

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Habit

Question 26

violent force or even the threat of violence, economic instability, social pressures, political or social influences, etc

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Exterior forces

Question 27

which include inherited handicaps and defects as well as external substances like drugs. (Sources that commonly traced our impediments to authentic freedom)

Answer 27

Biological

Question 28

including those originating in the unconscious. (Sources that commonly traced our impediments to authentic freedom)

Answer 28

Psychological or interior compulsion

Question 29

such as the many economic, political, and cultural obstacles which impede the right to freedom. (Sources that commonly traced our impediments to authentic freedom)

Answer 29

Social pressures

Question 30

is being fully accountable for my actions

Answer 30

Responsibility

Question 31

For the Pelagians, this was intrinsic to human nature. When God created man, He endowed him with everything that he needed in order to live a good, virtuous, holy and perfect life on his own

Answer 31

grace

Question 32

St. Augustine: Underscores the primacy of grace over _____.

Answer 32

human freewill

Question 33

provides the therapy that heals the will from the disease of sin and empowers it to act out of love

Answer 33

grace

Question 34

means literally “Ten Words”

Answer 34

Decalogue

Question 35

God revealed these “Ten Words” to his people on the holy mountain of?

Answer 35

Mt. Sinai

Question 36

The “Ten Words” sum up and proclaim?

Answer 36

proclaim God’s law

Question 37

is the gift of God himself and his holy will. In making his will known, God reveals himself to his people

Answer 37

The gift of commandments

Question 38

written on stone (found in the Old Testament)

Answer 38

“law of fear”

Question 39

written in our hearts (as found in the New Testament)

Answer 39

“law of love”

Question 40

THE TEN COMMANDMENTS

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1. I am the LORD your God: you shall not have strange gods before me. 2. You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain 3. Remember to keep holy the Lord’s Day. 4. Honor your father and your mother. 5. You shall not kill. 6. You shall not commit adultery. 7. You shall not steal. 8. You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor. 9. You shall not covet your neighbor's wife. 10.You shall not covet your neighbor's goods

Question 41

teach individuals to abhor sin, but they do not give them the capacity to avoid it

Answer 41

holy laws