Religion Midterm Flashcards
The day of rest in Genesis
Saturday
Why do Christians worship on Sunday
Jesus resurrected on a Sunday
What kind of meal was the Last Supper
Passover Meal
What does the mass make present
The sacrifice of Jesus on the cross in a non-bloody manner
Compare/contrast the mass and the crucifixion
the body/blood are separated at mass and the crucifixion. The mass is a in a non-bloody manner while the crucifixion was bloody
sacred thing given to God
Sacrificial Offering
priest; midpoint between God and man
mediator
place to offer a sacrifice
altar
what is the state you can’t receive the Eucharist
mortal sin
If we receive the Eucharist in the state of mortal sin what sin do you commit?
mortal sin
What is justice
giving others what we owe them
what do we owe God
worship
What’s the greatest act of worship
the mass
how long is the communion fast
one hour before
Fr. Teurlings home country?
Belgium
the year Fr. Teurlings died
1957
what does God invite us to become according to the Catechism
adopted children
whose life are we called to inherit
God’s
the first objections to God’s existence in the Summa Theologica
Evil and science
how does scripture describe God with a physical language
God is higher, deeper, he sits, stands, has an eye and arms
Jesus said, “God is ____.”
spirit
what does creation in God’s image mean
we have spiritual souls like God
Name/define and attribute of God
- Not physical (no parts)
- Goodness (infinitely desirable)
- Perfection (infinitely perfect)
- Infinity (no limitations)
- Omnipresent (everywhere)
- Immutability (never changing)
- Eternality (eternal)
- Unity (oneness, only one God)
Name the two operations of God
divine intellect + divine will
Communication of truth by God to a rational creature
revelation
revelation in an ordinary way
natural rev
for the salvation of all humanity
public rev
revelation in a supernatural way
divine rev
for the salvation of a person/group
private rev
the New/Old Testament
written rev
Sacred Tradition; revealed by Jesus to the apostles
unwritten rev
truths that can be known by reason/natural rev
preambles of faith
truths only known by faith and divine rev
articles of faith
Is God the Son the creation of God the Father?
No
Explain the meaning of “In the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God and the Word was God.”
In the beginning was the Son and the Son was with God and the Son was God.
Number of persons in the Trinity
3
everything is God
Pantheism
God created the world but doesn’t give divine rev
deism
only material reality exists
Materialism
the physical world should be rejected
Gnosticism
humans can know truth only through reason
rationalism
humans can know truth only through faith
fideism
humans can only know truth through science
scientism
faith and reason can contradict each other
double truth theory
faith and reason don’t contradict each other
Catholic View of Knowledge
How does the greatness of physical reality compare to spiritual reality
spiritual reality is greater than physical reality
Is the body good
yes
what is the Church teaching on the Big Bang Theory
there was a beginning
what is the Church teaching on the age of the universe
there is no teaching
what is the Church teaching on evolution
there’s no teaching; it is stated though that special creation could technically happen because God could do that
the state of holiness before sin
original justice
what came into the world as a result of sin
sin, death, evil
what is God according to 1 John 4:8
God is love
What are the analogies for the relation between the Father, Son, + Spirit
Husband - Lover
Wife - Beloved
Kid - love between them
Therefore…
Father - lover
Son - Beloved
HS - love between them
what kind of nature does God take on in human history?
human nature
what’s the name of God taking on human nature
the incarnation
which person of the Trinity becomes man and when did this person become man
the Son and around 1-4 BC
why did God become man
to save humanity from sin and to share God’s goodness
union of human/divine natures in the 2nd person of the trinity
hypostatic union
was the Word created
no
did Christ have a human intellect
yes
are there two persons in Christ
no
how many natures does Christ have
2
what are the basic dimensions or components of the human person
rational/sensitive/vegetative
