Quiz 5

Question 1

“Seeing is the key to life in heaven.” Sheed approaches the meaning of this in two steps, what are they?

Answer 1

1. In heaven we get to see God, instead of just believing in him.
2. We shall see God “face to face”, as he sees us.

Question 2

“That is why the very essence of the life in heaven is called the _____ - which means the _____.”

Answer 2

Beatific Vision, seeing that causes bliss

Question 3

When we come to die there is only one question that matters _____.”

Answer 3

“have we sanctifying grace in our souls?”

Question 4

What two things about grace does Sheed say must be grasped if we are to live our lives intelligently?

Answer 4

1. It is supernatural, above our nature. There is no way for us to give it to ourselves.
2. “It enables us to do […] something which only God himself can do by nature; it enables us to see God direct.”

Question 5

According to Sheed, in what can God’s grace in dwelling of the soul by grace differ from the notion that all things whatsoever are indwelt by God?

Answer 5

We invite God to dwell in us to give us grace. We don’t invite him to maintain our existence.

Question 6

What are the theological virtues?

Answer 6

faith, hope, and charity

Question 7

What are the moral virtues?

Answer 7

prudence, justice, temperance, and fortitude

Question 8

“All our actions should have God for their end or purpose; that is, ____________________.”

Answer 8

“they should be aimed to do his will, to praise him and thank him and bring us closer to him.”

Question 9

According to Sheed, for the theological virtues God is the object as well as the end. How?

Answer 9

God is the object because he gives us the virtues. God is the end because the purpose of the virtues is to bring us closer to God and to do his will.

Question 10

Please explain the two differences Sheed gives between the theological virtues and natural habits.

Answer 10

1. They are given instantly by God

2. They are lost by one mortal sin against them

Question 11

When speaking of the fall of the angels, Sheed contends that theologians are almost at one in thinking it was the sin of pride. What does he say all sins involve and how is pride different from other sins?

Answer 11

“All sins involve putting one’s desire in place of God’s will, but pride goes all the way, putting oneself in God’s place, making oneself the center of the universe.”

Question 12

According to Sheed, man’s first sin was disobeying a command of God; the detail of the sin we do not know (although Genesis describes it as the eating of the forbidden fruit). What two things about it does he say we do know?

Answer 12

1. Man fell because Satan tempted him.

2. Satan promised Adam and Eve that they would be like gods if the disobeyed.

Question 13

What sin wrecked both Satan and man?

Answer 13

Pride

Question 14

As a result of man’s breaking union with God, Sheed says that he lost _____ and _____ too.

Answer 14

sanctifying grace, preternatural gifts

Question 15

What reason does Sheed offer as to why in the sin of Adam (our father) we fell? How could his sin involve us (the children of Adam)?

Answer 15

Adam is the ruler of our race, he makes decisions for us all. The “solidarity of the family” is very important for a mysterious reason.

Question 16

As a result of Adam’s fall, Sheed says “we are all born with natural life only, _____.”

Answer 16

“without the supernatural life of sanctifying grace”

Question 17

According to Sheed, being born in original sin should not be thought of as a stain on the soul, but as the _______________.

Answer 17

“absence of that grace without which we cannot, as we have seen, reach the goal for which God destined man.”

Question 18

At what two points principally does Sheed say that the disorder in man, resulting from his fall, is at its worst?

Answer 18

the passions, and the imagination

Question 19

What does Sheed say is the problem created by the sin of the representative man?

Answer 19

“The race had been at one with God; it was no longer at one;”