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midterm study guide unit 1-5 Flashcards

1
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What is the definition of religion

A

connecting with the divine

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2
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What is the study of human beings

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Anthropology

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3
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What is hapiness

A

Possessing what I need to live a fully human life

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4
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Human beings have a _____ and a _____

A

Body; soul

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5
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What are the two parts of the human soul

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Intellect; will

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6
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You have made us for yourself, Oh Lord, and our hearts are ____ until they rest in you

A

restless

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7
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According to aristotle, what is the one thing we can choose for itself

A

happiness

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8
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What is the first level of happiness

A

Laetia

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9
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What level of happiness comes from an outside stimulus(pleasure)

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Laetia

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10
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Felix is the ______ level of happiness

A

2nd

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11
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what is the move beyond the physical human experience

A

Transcendent

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12
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What is the 3rd level of happiness

A

Beatus

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13
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What are the 5 transcendentals

A

truth, beauty, goodness, home, and love

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14
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Which level of happiness is the most important

A

sublimitas

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15
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Sublimitas deals with our _____ desires

A

infinite

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16
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Who said the following: If I find myself with desires that nothing in this world can fulfill, then that must mean that I am created for another world

A

C.S.Lewis

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17
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Human beings are naturally ______

A

Religious

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18
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What is the christian proposal

A

God invites us to the happiness that we are created for

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19
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God created us with a natural desire for happiness so that we can seek him (TRUE OR FALSE)

A

True

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20
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Only God can satisfy our ultimate desires because He is ____

A

Infinite

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21
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What is love

A

to want the good of the other person regardless of the effect it has on yourself

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22
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What is Pascal’s Wager

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A philosophical argument stating we should bet on God’s existence

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23
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The mystery of the Holy trinity is the _____ mystery of the Christian faith

A

Central

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24
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What are the two ways we can deepen our relationship with God

A

Prayer & Sacraments

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25
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What are the roles of the father, son, and holy spirit (in order)

A

Creator, Savior, and Sanctifier

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26
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What is theology

A

the study of God

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27
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What is God’s desire for us

A

To be fully happy & to live a full life

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28
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How did God create us

A

In his image and likeness

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29
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What is a conscience

A

A God-given internal sense of what is morally right or wrong

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30
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God, infinitely perfect and blessed in himself, in a _____ of sheer goodness, freely created man to make him share in his own blessed life

A

Plan

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31
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What is the definition of sin

A

Any deliberate offense against God

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32
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The trinity teaches us that God lives in communion (TRUE OR FALSE)

A

True

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33
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The gift from God that allows human beings to choose from among various actions which we are held accountable for is called ______

A

Free will

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34
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A turning away from sin & turning towards God is called _______

A

Conversion

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35
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What is the trinity

A

God is 1 being and 3 persons

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36
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Our response to God’s love and his invitation to abundant life is called _________

A

Faith

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37
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Which type of love is based off of feelings/emotions

A

Eros

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38
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What is the definition of Dignity

A

The worth/value bestowed on every person because they are made in God’s image

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39
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What is the spiritual life principle of human beings that survive after death

A

Soul

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40
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What is revelation

A

God’s sharing/communication of himself

41
Q

The Bible is the memory & testimony over thousands of years of the infinite God entering into time & space to communicate and ______ himself to us

A

Reveal

42
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How does God communicate himself to us

A

words & deeds

43
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What does God reveal about himself

A

his love for us

44
Q

What does it mean to read the bible LITERALLY

A

To read the Bible as if everything happened exactly the way it says it happened

45
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____ is reading the Bible by getting meaning out of the text from what’s there; “What truth is the author conveying?”

A

Exegesis

46
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Which of the following is NOT one of the four Harmonies (Man & God, Man & Machine, Man & others, Man & creation)

A

Man & machine

47
Q

_____ describes how God created everything out of nothing

A

Creatio Ex Nihilio

48
Q

Creatio ex Nihilo demonstrates the unique _____ of God

A

Power

49
Q

What chapter in Genesis focuses on seven day of creation

A

Genesis 1

50
Q

The Creation story in Genesis 2 focuses on the theme of the creation of ______ & _________

A

Man & Women

51
Q

What does Imago Dei mean

A

the image of God in us

52
Q

One of the themes of Genesis is that Creation is NOT good (True or False)

A

False

53
Q

God makes the ______ a holy day of rest

A

Sabbath

54
Q

Before the serpent, Adam & Eve have never been exposed to someone trying to deceive them (true or false)

A

True

55
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Which of the following is NOT on of the three lies that he serpent tells EVE (He defies God’s commandments, He distorts God’s commandments, He lies about himself, He lies about EVE’s identity)

A

He lies about himself

56
Q

What are 3 ways we react to sin

A

Blame, Excuse, and Hide

57
Q

____ is the fallen state of human nature which affects every person born into the world

A

Original Sin

58
Q

The consequence of Original Sin is death (true or false)

A

true

59
Q

God’s promise of a savior in Genesis is known as the _________

A

Protoevangelium

60
Q

If the root of sin is pride, the antidote for our sin is humility (true or false)

A

True

61
Q

According to the Gospel of Mathew, what is the “ Inner room”

A

our hearts

62
Q

Who does Jesus give “the keys” of the church

A

Peter

63
Q

What is salvation history

A

A pattern of specific events which God reveals his presence & saving actions

64
Q

Jesus stands at the ______ of salvation history

A

Center

65
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What are the two ways which God’s revelation is handed on

A

Orally and in writing

66
Q

What did Jesus give to the Apostles in order to empower them to hand on the truths he revealed

A

Holy Spirit

67
Q

Divine Revelation throughout salvation history is _____

A

Gradual

68
Q

The Trilemma is the argument that everyone must decide that Jesus is one of three thing(What are those 3 things)

A

Liar, lunatic, and lord

69
Q

What is an apostle

A

one who is sent

70
Q

All of human history is salvation history(True or False)

A

False

71
Q

______ succession is the uninterrupted passing on of apostolic preaching & authority of the apostles

A

Apostolic

72
Q

Who is the fullness of God’s revelation

A

Jesus

73
Q

Prayer is NOT necessary for the Christian life (True or False)

A

False

74
Q

Which Old testament figure did NOT make a covenant with God

A

Aaron

75
Q

What is divine revelation

A

God’s communication of himself which he makes known his divine plan

76
Q

What is sacred tardition

A

The oral form of passing on the Gospel

77
Q

Jesus is described as the ___ Covenant

A

New

78
Q

What can natural revelation tell us

A

It can tell us THAT God exists

79
Q

The ______ must guard, protect, and teach the truths of Divine Revelation

A

Magisterium

80
Q

What is Christology

A

The study of Jesus

81
Q

What are the 4 areas that we study about Jesus

A

What he means to you (individually), What he means to the Church, Who he is (Christ), Who he was (historically)

82
Q

What is the incarnation

A

The Teaching that Jesus is both fully human & fully divine

83
Q

What is the hypostatic union

A

Describes how Christ consists of two natures

84
Q

Jesus was half human and half divine(True or false)

A

False

85
Q

Which Christology begins with the pre-existing Word of God

A

Above

86
Q

What are the 3 attributes of the historical Jesus

A

Sought to bring the Kingdom of God, Shaped by Judaism & Roman rule, and loved so radically that it cost him his life

87
Q

In order to answer the question “Who do you say that I am?”, we must understand Jesus in a balanced way(True or False)

A

True

88
Q

What do we learn from the historical Jesus

A

We come to know God

89
Q

Studying Jesus of Nazareth shows us _______

A

Orthopraxy

90
Q

Where is Jesus’ hometown

A

Nazareth

91
Q

In jesus’ time, the Jews were oppressed by the ______ Empire

A

Roman

92
Q

According to Jesus, when does the kingdom of God arrive

A

It is here know

93
Q

Christians are called to be co-disciplers with Jesus on his mission of Kingdom-bringing (True or False)

A

True

94
Q

Studying Jesus Christ shows us _____

A

orthodoxy

95
Q

Which Gospel focuses on Jesus as the Word of God

A

John

96
Q

In the Gospel of John, Jesus speaks of himself as ______

A

Divine

97
Q

St.Paul was always Christian (true or False)

A

False

98
Q

After receiving a vision of Jesus, Paul was _____ for three days

A

Blind

99
Q

Like the Gospel of John, St.Paul focuses on Jesus as the _______ of God

A

Word

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