Lesson 8: Call to Respect the Environment

Question 1

For ____________, God created a completely good world. Creation is not only good but ordered and hierarchical.

Answer 1

Augustine

Question 2

_____________ can also say, “All natures, then, inasmuch as they are, and have therefore a rank and species of their own, and a kind of internal harmony, are certainly good. And when they are in the places assigned to them by the order of their nature, they preserve such beings as they have received.”

Answer 2

Augustine

Question 3

Augustine writes: “With respect to their own _________. The creatures are glorifying to their ___________.”

Answer 3

nature, Artificer

Question 4

Creation is marked by…

Answer 4

“measure” (mensura)
“number” (numero)
“weight” (pondus or ordo).

Question 5

____________ contends that creation is ultimately a necessity,
Augustine attributes the reality and act of creation solely to the will of God.

Answer 5

Plotinus

Question 6

Augustine differs from _______________________.

Answer 6

Plotinus and the Neo-Platonists

Question 7

This privilege is granted to them by the Creator who allows the creature made in his image to participate in his work, in his project of love and salvation, indeed in his own lordship over the universe.

Question 7

TRUE OR FALSE

For Augustine, God creates because he wants to, and out of goodness, not because the creative act is somehow a necessity.

Answer 7

TRUE

Question 8

This notion of _______________ allows Augustine to affirm that God truly is unchangeable.

Answer 8

creation out of nothing

Question 8

TRUE OR FALSE

For Augustine, it is not a changeless and timeless God who creates out of nothing.

Answer 8

FALSE

Question 9

Created in the image of God to share in the communion of
Trinitarian love, human beings occupy a unique place in the
universe according to the divine plan

Answer 9

Stewardship

Question 10

They enjoy the privilege of sharing in the divine governance of visible creation.

Answer 10

Stewardship

Question 11

Since man’s place as ruler is in fact a participation in the divine governance of creation, we speak of it here as a form of…

Answer 11

Stewardship

Question 12

God appoints _______ as his steward in the manner of the _______ in the Gospel parables.

Answer 12

man, master

Question 12

TRUE OR FALSE

“Man was created in God’s image and was commanded to conquer the earth and to rule the world in justice and holiness: he was to acknowledge God as maker of all things and relate himself and the totality of creation to him, so that through the dominion of all things by man the name of God would be majestic in all the earth”

Answer 12

TRUE

Question 13

TRUE OR FALSE

The only creature willed expressly by God for his own sake occupies a unique place at the summit of visible creation.

Answer 13

TRUE

Question 14

Created in the image of God, ______ exercises this sovereignty over visible creation only in virtue of the privilege conferred upon him by God.

Answer 14

man

Question 15

TRUE OR FALSE

In exercising their stewardship of knowledge, theologians have the responsibility to locate modern scientific understandings within a Christian vision of the created universe.

Answer 15

TRUE

Question 15

He imitates the divine rule, but he cannot displace it.

Answer 15

man

Question 15

Pope Francis recognizes that pollution affects everyone, whether it is caused by transportation, industrial fumes, fertilizers, insecticides, herbicides, etc.

Answer 15

Pollution and Climate Change

Question 16

In regard to climate change, he says, “Humanity is called to recognize a need for a change of lifestyle, production and consumption in order to combat this warming or at least the human causes which produce or aggravate it.”

Answer 16

Pollution and Climate Change

Question 17

Global warming has grave implications be it environmental, social, economic, political or related to the distribution of goods.

Answer 17

Pollution and Climate Change

Question 18

For Pope Francis, fresh drinking water is an issue of primary importance.

Question 18

Is of particular concern as a result of industrial, agricultural and mining impacts.

Answer 18

Underground water

Question 19

TRUE OR FALSE The quality of water available for the poor is not a problem.

Answer 19

FALSE One serious problem is the quality of water available for the poor.

Question 20

The earth’s resources are plundered because of short-sighted approaches to the economy, commerce and production.

Answer 20

Loss of Biodiversity

Question 21

To lose all or part of such a complex system be it plants or animals and the extinction of diverse species or the destroying of the “lungs” of our planet with the loss of our Amazon or Congo jungles is to create not only a loss of beauty but also a harmful imbalance in the equilibrium of our planet.

Answer 21

Loss of Biodiversity

Question 22

When looking at the environment, we cannot neglect human beings as creatures deserving to enjoy the right to life and happiness.

Answer 22

Decline in the quality of human life and the breakdown of society

Question 23

Pope Francis says, “We are not meant to be inundated with cement, asphalt, glass and metal and deprived of physical contact with nature.”

Answer 23

Decline in the quality of human life and the breakdown of society

Question 24

The unruly growth of cities, social exclusion, drug trafficking and violence, the breakdown of society, excessive and wasteful use of energy, both visual and noise pollution and a throwaway culture are signs that growth in the past two centuries has not always led to an overall improvement in the quality of life.

Answer 24

Decline in the quality of human life and the breakdown of society

Question 24

In Pope Francis’ holistic view, we cannot combat environmental degradation unless we also attend to the causes related to human and social degradation.

Answer 24

Global inequality

Question 25

For the pope, the “human environment” and “natural environment” deteriorate or thrive together.

Answer 25

Global inequality

Question 25

Most of the worst effects on the environment affect the poor most directly.

Answer 25

Global inequality

Question 26

___________ affects not only individuals but also countries, creating an “___________” whereby wealthier countries prosper while poorer ones get poorer, not only economically but environmentally as well through the plunder of human and natural resources.

Answer 26

Inequality, ecological debt

Question 27

LAUDATO SI means...

Answer 27

Praise be to you

Question 28

An encyclical letter of the Holy Father, Pope Francis, on care for our common home.

Answer 28

LAUDATO SI

Question 29

LAUDATO SI was written on the _______________ with hope for the care of our environment and for the poor.

Answer 29

24th of May 2015

Question 30

This education, aimed at creating an “________________,” is at times limited to providing information, and fails to instill good habits.

Answer 30

ecological citizenship

Question 31

TRUE OR FALSE Only by cultivating sound virtues will people be able to make a selfless ecological commitment.

Answer 31

TRUE

Question 32

This can encourage ways of acting which directly and significantly affect the world around us, such as avoiding the use of plastic and paper, reducing water consumption, separating refuse, cooking only what can reasonably be consumed, showing care for other living beings, using public transport or car-pooling, planting trees, turning off unnecessary lights, or any number of other practices.

Answer 32

Education in environmental responsibility

Question 33

TRUE OR FALSE Recycling something instead of immediately discarding it, when done for the right reasons, can be an act of love which expresses our own dignity.

Answer 33

FALSE Reusing something instead of immediately discarding it, when done for the right reasons, can be an act of love which expresses our own dignity.

Question 34

Creation is not only good but _________ and _____________.

Answer 34

ordered and hierarchical

Question 34

TRUE OR FALSE God created a completely good world.

Answer 34

TRUE