O&M [2 Marks]

Question 1

What do Catholics mean by “Imago Dei”?

Answer 1

• Means Image of God.

- The belief that Humans are unique because they were made in the Image and the likeness of God.

Question 2

Define “Abortion”.

Answer 2

• The deliberate termination of a pregnancy.

Question 3

What do Catholic mean by “Omnipotence”?

Answer 3

• The belief that God is all-powerful.

- God is the only one who can create out of nothing causing him to be seen as omnipotent.

Question 4

What do Catholic mean by “Stewardship”?

Answer 4

• The duty to care for the environment.

- Rather than consumers, we are given the duty to care for the environment for future generations to come.

Question 5

What do Catholic mean by “Creation Ex Nihilo”?

Answer 5

• Means Creation out of Nothing.

- God is described as omnipotent because ONLY God can create out of nothing.

Question 6

What do Catholics mean by “Conscience”?

Answer 6

• Human reasoning for making moral decisions.

- It is the knowledge we have of what is right and wrong.

Question 7

What do Catholics mean by “Revelation”?

Answer 7

• The word used to describe the way in which God makes himself known to humans.
• It is believed that God does this through the person of Jesus.

Question 8

What do Catholics mean by “Incarnation”?

Answer 8

• Means “made flesh”.

- The belief that God cam down to earth through the person of Jesus, fully human and fully divine.

Question 9

What is the Inconsistent Triad? Who invented it?

Answer 9

• David Hume
• A “triad” of three things that cannot all be true at the same time.
• Those things being “God is Omnibenevolent”, “God is Omnipotent” and “Evil Exists”.

Question 10

What do Catholics mean by “Omnibenevolent”?

Answer 10

• Means All-loving.

- God showed his omnibenevolence through creation and the fact he made us in His Image.

Question 11

Define “Immanent”.

Answer 11

• This means God is not distant from the world, but involved in it.

Question 12

What do Catholics mean by “Transcendence”?

Answer 12

• It is the belief that God exits out of time.

- He exists like nothing else; he is above and beyond Creation.

Question 13

Define “Evolution”.

Answer 13

• The process of mutation leading to changes in species over time to suit particular environments.

Question 14

What do Catholics mean by “Inspiration”?

Answer 14

• Means “God Breathed”.

- the belief that the spirit of God guides us to know what is good and true.