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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 _____

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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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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

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happiness

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8
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What is the first level of happiness

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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

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2nd

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11
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what is the move beyond the physical human experience

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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

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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

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infinite

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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

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C.S.Lewis

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17
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Human beings are naturally ______

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Religious

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18
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What is the christian proposal

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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 ____

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Infinite

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21
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What is love

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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

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Central

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

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Prayer & Sacraments

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What are the roles of the father, son, and holy spirit (in order)
Creator, Savior, and Sanctifier
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What is theology
the study of God
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What is God's desire for us
To be fully happy & to live a full life
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How did God create us
In his image and likeness
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What is a conscience
A God-given internal sense of what is morally right or wrong
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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
Plan
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What is the definition of sin
Any deliberate offense against God
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The trinity teaches us that God lives in communion (TRUE OR FALSE)
True
33
The gift from God that allows human beings to choose from among various actions which we are held accountable for is called ______
Free will
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A turning away from sin & turning towards God is called _______
Conversion
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What is the trinity
God is 1 being and 3 persons
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Our response to God's love and his invitation to abundant life is called _________
Faith
37
Which type of love is based off of feelings/emotions
Eros
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What is the definition of Dignity
The worth/value bestowed on every person because they are made in God's image
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What is the spiritual life principle of human beings that survive after death
Soul
40
What is revelation
God's sharing/communication of himself
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The Bible is the memory & testimony over thousands of years of the infinite God entering into time & space to communicate and ______ himself to us
Reveal
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How does God communicate himself to us
words & deeds
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What does God reveal about himself
his love for us
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What does it mean to read the bible LITERALLY
To read the Bible as if everything happened exactly the way it says it happened
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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?"
Exegesis
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Which of the following is NOT one of the four Harmonies (Man & God, Man & Machine, Man & others, Man & creation)
Man & machine
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_____ describes how God created everything out of nothing
Creatio Ex Nihilio
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Creatio ex Nihilo demonstrates the unique _____ of God
Power
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What chapter in Genesis focuses on seven day of creation
Genesis 1
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The Creation story in Genesis 2 focuses on the theme of the creation of ______ & _________
Man & Women
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What does Imago Dei mean
the image of God in us
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One of the themes of Genesis is that Creation is NOT good (True or False)
False
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God makes the ______ a holy day of rest
Sabbath
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Before the serpent, Adam & Eve have never been exposed to someone trying to deceive them (true or false)
True
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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)
He lies about himself
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What are 3 ways we react to sin
Blame, Excuse, and Hide
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____ is the fallen state of human nature which affects every person born into the world
Original Sin
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The consequence of Original Sin is death (true or false)
true
59
God's promise of a savior in Genesis is known as the _________
Protoevangelium
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If the root of sin is pride, the antidote for our sin is humility (true or false)
True
61
According to the Gospel of Mathew, what is the " Inner room"
our hearts
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Who does Jesus give "the keys" of the church
Peter
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What is salvation history
A pattern of specific events which God reveals his presence & saving actions
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Jesus stands at the ______ of salvation history
Center
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What are the two ways which God's revelation is handed on
Orally and in writing
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What did Jesus give to the Apostles in order to empower them to hand on the truths he revealed
Holy Spirit
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Divine Revelation throughout salvation history is _____
Gradual
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The Trilemma is the argument that everyone must decide that Jesus is one of three thing(What are those 3 things)
Liar, lunatic, and lord
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What is an apostle
one who is sent
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All of human history is salvation history(True or False)
False
71
______ succession is the uninterrupted passing on of apostolic preaching & authority of the apostles
Apostolic
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Who is the fullness of God's revelation
Jesus
73
Prayer is NOT necessary for the Christian life (True or False)
False
74
Which Old testament figure did NOT make a covenant with God
Aaron
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What is divine revelation
God's communication of himself which he makes known his divine plan
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What is sacred tardition
The oral form of passing on the Gospel
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Jesus is described as the ___ Covenant
New
78
What can natural revelation tell us
It can tell us THAT God exists
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The ______ must guard, protect, and teach the truths of Divine Revelation
Magisterium
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What is Christology
The study of Jesus
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What are the 4 areas that we study about Jesus
What he means to you (individually), What he means to the Church, Who he is (Christ), Who he was (historically)
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What is the incarnation
The Teaching that Jesus is both fully human & fully divine
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What is the hypostatic union
Describes how Christ consists of two natures
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Jesus was half human and half divine(True or false)
False
85
Which Christology begins with the pre-existing Word of God
Above
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What are the 3 attributes of the historical Jesus
Sought to bring the Kingdom of God, Shaped by Judaism & Roman rule, and loved so radically that it cost him his life
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In order to answer the question "Who do you say that I am?", we must understand Jesus in a balanced way(True or False)
True
88
What do we learn from the historical Jesus
We come to know God
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Studying Jesus of Nazareth shows us _______
Orthopraxy
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Where is Jesus' hometown
Nazareth
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In jesus' time, the Jews were oppressed by the ______ Empire
Roman
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According to Jesus, when does the kingdom of God arrive
It is here know
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Christians are called to be co-disciplers with Jesus on his mission of Kingdom-bringing (True or False)
True
94
Studying Jesus Christ shows us _____
orthodoxy
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Which Gospel focuses on Jesus as the Word of God
John
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In the Gospel of John, Jesus speaks of himself as ______
Divine
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St.Paul was always Christian (true or False)
False
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After receiving a vision of Jesus, Paul was _____ for three days
Blind
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Like the Gospel of John, St.Paul focuses on Jesus as the _______ of God
Word

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