Religion test 1 Flashcards
How is God an eternal exchange of persons?
The father loves the son, the son loves the father, that is the Holy Spirit
What does it mean to say humans have free will and a rational intellect?
- Our behavior is not based on instinct or impulse
- We can engage in self reflection and abstract reasoning
As social beings what are we inclined to?
Be with others
How was humanity redeemed and reformed?
The paschal mystery (Christ’s passion, death, resurrection, and ascension of Jesus)
Looking outside the human realm, what is considered a communion of persons?
The trinity
The first sin/ first instance of disobedience
Original sin
Christ’s action of redemption on the cross (passion, death, resurrection, ascension)
The paschal mystery
The human inclination toward sin
Concupiscence
To make holy
Sanctification
The innermost spiritual part of a person where conscience and freedom reside
Soul
A group of persons bound together organically by a principal of unity
Society
Giving everything to God
Charity
What are the 5 attributes?
- Made in the image of God
- Are a union of body and soul
- Posses free will
- Posses rational intellect
- Able to enter in a communion with others and God