Life Of Christ #5 Flashcards
Our Lord was always aware of His divinity, even as an infant
True - : The correct answer is true. A common error is the belief that Christ as a child did not yet possess awareness of His divinity. This belief is entirely condemned by the Church. Pope St. Pius X condemned the assertion that Christ did not always possess the consciousness of His Messianic dignity as an error in a list of errors (Lamentabili #35). If Jesus Christ is God, as God He must have always been aware that He was God. To claim otherwise is to attack the divinity of Jesus Christ Himself.
Christ wished to make His Godhead known through His human nature
True - the correct answer is true. From the Summa of St. Thomas Aquinas in Question 40, Article 1: “Christ wished to make His Godhead known through His human nature. And therefore, since it is proper to man to do so, He associated with men, at the same time manifesting His Godhead to all, by preaching and working miracles, and by leading among men a blameless and righteous life.”
Humility is not much to be praised in one who is poor of necessity. But in one who, like Christ, is poor willingly, poverty itself is a sign of very great humility
True The correct answer is true. These words are taken verbatim from Article 3 of Question 40 in the Summa by St. Thomas Aquinas. For this reason, those who leave all their possessions and renounce them and enter religious life are to be greatly commended. Being born poor does not mean a person will make it to Heaven. The same can be said of a rich person. All that matters is that we live a life of grace and grow in the virtues. We can do that easier as one who is poor rather than one who is rich. But we are all called to Heaven so we must all in our own lives practice detachment to material things and strive for Heaven by following the Commandments of God and of the Church.
Grandparents have no responsibility in the raising of their grandchildren
False The correct answer is false. The Church has always praised the role of holy grandparents in the life of a grandchild. As Pope Benedict XVI in an address in 2006: “Grandparents, who are so important for every family. They can be, and so often are, the guarantors of the affection and tenderness which every human being needs to give and receive. They offer little ones the perspective of time; they are memory and richness of families. In no way should they ever be excluded from the family circle. They are a treasure which the younger generation should not be denied, especially when they bear witness to their faith at the approach of death.”
With the example of Christ in the midst of the doctors before our minds, we should not hesitate to ask our pastors for spiritual advice and guidance
True - correct answer is true. We should by no means be ashamed to ask questions of our pastors when we are in doubt and should listen to their answers. Was Christ, the Eternal Wisdom, ashamed to ask questions and to answer? Why should we ignorant people hesitate? It is much to be regretted that persons who have many important things concerning their spiritual welfare on their minds, through pride and false shame, would rather go to perdition than ask advice, solely for fear of showing their ignorance. So never fear. Always ask and seek to learn the truths of the Faith. There is never a dumb question.
Christ conformed to the Old Law to show his approval of it and to thereby perfect it
The correct answer is true. As quoted in the Summa of St. Thomas in Question 40, Article 4: “Christ, indeed, wished to conform His conduct to the Law, first, to show His approval of the Old Law. Secondly, that by obeying the Law He might perfect it and bring it to an end in His own self, so as to show that it was ordained to Him. Thirdly, to deprive the Jews of an excuse for slandering Him. Fourthly, in order to deliver men from subjection to the Law, according to Galatians 4:4-5: ‘God sent His Son, born of a woman, born under the Law that He might redeem them who were under the Law.’”
