Module 3: Justice in Scripture and Tradition Flashcards
True or false: Our own personal sins are partly to blame for the many social sins that affect our society.
True
True or false: The creation story based on Genesis is a purely fictitious legend.
False
It is during the Exodus story that God revealed his deepest nature and character as being _____________.
compassionate
The three parts of the prophets’ message are ______________, repentance, and day of the Lord.
accusation
Where is this passage taken from?: “The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to bring glad tidings to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim liberty to captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to let the oppressed go free.”
Luke 4:18
According to Bishop Robert Barron, what is the original sin?
Deciding for ourselves what is good and evil
What does Jesus tell his followers he must do to become king and bring peace?
Take the full effect of humanity’s evil unto Himself
What does it mean to “do the way of the Lord” like Abraham and his family?
Righteousness and justice
It refers to the actual sinful situation into which we are born with the inner effect of disordered desires we all experience within us.
Original sin
Where is this passage taken from?”Let us live honorably as in the day, not in reveling and drunkenness, not in debauchery and licentiousness, not in quarreling and jealousy. Instead, put on the Lord Jesus Christ , and make no provision for the flesh, to gratify its desires.”
Romans 13:13-14
_____ is the stuff about God which we can learn based on the stuff around us.
General revelation
_____ is the stuff God has revealed to us directly.
Special revelation
What are the 4 sources of doing Theology?
Scripture, Tradition, Experience, & Reasoning
Who wrote Genesis 1?
Priestly Tradition
Who wrote Genesis 2?
Yahwist Tradition
What are the 3 similarities of Genesis 1 & 2?
- One creator
- God created everything good
- Humans were created with a special role in taking care of God’s creation
What do the two Genesis stories focus on?
- Genesis 1: Divine concern for creatures & dignity of human beings
- Genesis 2: Importance of relationships
True or false: The universe doesn’t exist so it can give something to God. The universe exists so God can give something to it.
True
These are are basic evil inclinations or disvalues which are the origin of many sinful thoughts, words or deeds.
Capital sin
In what part of the Bible is the liberation of Israelites by Yahweh from slavery in Egypt?
Exodus 1:1-15:21
It is the year when Hebrew slaves and prisoners would be freed, debts would be forgiven, and the mercies of God would be particularly manifest.
The Jubilee
In what passage does sin and evil enter the world through the willful disobedience of man who abused his God-given freedom at the dawn of history?
Genesis 3
In what passage is Mary pregnant with Jesus when she visits Elizabeth, proclaiming her Magnificat?
Luke 1:46-56
The prophets condemn injustice done to the poor as a sign of Israel’s unfaithfulness
Hosea 14, Amos 5, Micah 2, etc.