Mid Term Exam 2023 Flashcards
What does it mean to be made in the image and likeness of God?
- We have the ability to love
- We have intellect
- We have free will
What is an agreement between God and humans through one individual - it cannot be broken until death and blood was often used as a sign that it was formed?
A covenant
What teaches Christians about our story of salvation and what we need to do to go to Heaven?
The Bible
When was the marriage covenant created?
When God made Eve for Adam
What was the effect of original sin on the rest of mankind?
Concupiscence
God said to Adam and Eve, “Because you have done this, you will be cast out of the Garden of Eden and . . would affect all mankind.
- work will be hard and we will hate to work
- relationships will be difficult at times
- childbirth would be painful
- physical death
Why did God save Noah and his family and no one else?
Noah obeyed God
Why does God allow pain and suffering?
- To give us a reason to turn to Him for help
- It is unavoidable because we live in a broken world
- Sometimes our free will causes bad things to happen to us
Did the Protoevangelium proclaim that God will send a savior to redeem us from sin?
YES
Why is the great flood a TYPE for Baptism?
The flood washed away sinful people in the Old Testament and Baptism washes away original sin in the New Testament
Did Abram/Abraham have trouble believing in God’s promises because he and his wife Sarah were very old and had no children?
YES
What three things does God promise Abram in their covenant?
Land an a Nation
Kingship and a name
Blessing for all nations
Did God test Abraham’s faithfulness by asking Abraham to kill his son, Ishmael?
NO
What was the external and permanent sign that the Israelite men had to do to become part of the Covenant with Abraham?
Be circumcised
Why did God destroy Sodom and Gomorrah?
Because the people wanted to rape God’s angels that were at Lot’s house
The people there were very wicked and lived immoral lives
According to God’s commands, should we wait for sexual intimacy until we are married - and only with our spouse?
YES
According the the Catholic Church being a homosexual is not a sin - but if a homosexual is sexually intimate with a person of the same sex, IS it a grave sin?
YES
What should every act of sexual intimacy have, according to God?
Fruitful - open to the possibility that life is created
Total - holding nothing back (especially fertility)
Free - both should want to take part
Faithful - between a married man and woman
Did Jacob love his son, Joseph, the best because he was born from his great love with Rachel?
YES
How many sons did Jacob have?
12
What were the name of the twin sons of Isaac and Rebekah?
Jacob and Esau
Joseph eventually saves his family from starvation and forgives his brothers - How is Joseph a TYPE for Jesus?
Joseph physically saves his family by providing food during the famine - Jesus spiritually saves his family or us.