Religion Unit 1 Flashcards by Ernesto Ramirez

Happiness

More than just a feeling, but about deeper desires being met

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Human being

One person with body (human DNA) and soul (potential to think, love, act freely, ect)

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Will

Ability to act and do things

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Reason

Ability to think logically

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Love

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Freedom

Ability to choose what is good

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Good

That which all things desire, that which is right

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Beauty

That which, upon being perceived, pleases

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Truth

What is. Authentic, in accordance with what is real

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Faith

Belief that all God has revealed through Sacred Scripture and Tradition is true

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Natural Revelation

The knowledge of God’s existence through human faculties (including reason)

“Our ability to recognize sin’s existence and be angry about it is actually a proof for God’s existence”

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Divine Revelation

The way God communicated to humankind through his words and actions over time,

most fully by his sending his divine son, Jesus Christ

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Sin

A willful word, thought, action, and/or inaction that goes against the law of God and His love for us

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Salvation History

God’s plan to save mankind from sin and lift the human family to the glory of Heaven

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Agnostic

When sin causes a person to say
(point of view) -
“Nothing is known or can be known of the existence or nature of God”

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Atheist

When sin causes a person to…
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When sin causes people to disbelieve or lack belief in the existence of God

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Mystery

Something that cannot be discovered by our own senses AND cannot be fully known

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Trinity

The central mystery of the Christian faith; there are Three Divine Persons in one God:
Father
Son
And Holy Spirit

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Deposit of faith

Sacred Scripture and Tradition, handed on in the Church and guarded by the Magisterium

Sacred Scripture

The written Word of God

Sacred Tradition

The passing on of our faith in Christ through church with the power and guidance of the Holy Spirit.

Apostolic Succession

The handing on of preaching the authority from the Apostles to their successors, the bishops

Magisterium

The teaching authority of the Church on matters of faith and morals made up of the pope and all bishops in communion with him

Exegesis

Studying Scripture Passages in depth in order to learn more about God’s revelation

Senses of Scripture - Literal

What the author intended to say within their historical context (The literal sense is not necessarily an exact word-for-word reading)

Senses of Scripture - Allegorical

Story that gives meaning to a bigger picture or deeper understanding about Christ John 10:10-15

Senses of Scripture - Moral

How to behave; right/wrong Mark 12:13-17

Senses of Scripture - Anagogical

Reference to our union with God, or Heaven bound Matthew 13:47-50

Image and likeness of God

Being a child of God. Humans resemble God through having an immortal soul, free will, reason, and the ability to love

CS - Faith and reason connection

It is REASONABLE to have FAITH in God and forming a relationship with Him helps us have faith when we encounter difficult moments

CS - Anger at sin as proof for God's existence

We look at the world and see sin present Our ability to recognize sin's existence and be angry about is is actually a proof for God's existence (Natural Revelation) What are the different Affects of this CS -Agnostic -Atheist

CS - Humans modeled after Trinity

Showed through Divine Revelation - Humans are made by God to know, love, and serve him in this life and be happy forever with im and each other in the nex - The way God designed humans to thrive is modeled after the Trinity

CS - Using Senses of Scripture

In order to do proper exegesis we need to know this - in order to read SCripture in its fullest There are two types 1. Literal and Spiritual

Explain the Creation Story

What are some ways of knowing God through Natural Revelation?

1. Desire for Happiness and Freedom 2. Human experiences of Beauty, Goodness, and Truth (Divine Attributes) 3. Uncaused Cause, Unmoved Mover, ect.

What's the difference between Divine revelation and Natural revelation?

Natural Revelation: We can know it by using our reason and observations in the world Divine Revelation: We would never reason to it on our own. We can only know it because God actively shares it with us

What does Divine Revelation tell us about human beings and happiness?

- Humans are made by God to know, love, and serve him in this life and be happy forever with him and each other in the next - The way God designed humans to thrive is modeled after the Trinity

Reading the Scripture is reading ____ _____

God's Word

Old Testament

-Recalls the history of God's Chosen People, the Israelites - Tell of God's promise to send a Savior

New Testament

Tells the story of God the Father's saving action through His son and the Holy Sprit's work through the early Church

T/F - The Church has never added anything to Sacred Scripture

True

T/F - The Sacred Tradition is a body of written literature that grows over time as times change

True

The Church's D.O.F consists of 1. 2.

1. Sacred Scripture 2. Sacred Tradition (Both flow from the same source (God) and have the same goal (Human Salvation through Christ))

What are the 3 subcategories of the spiritual sense of scripture?

Allegorical Moral Anagogical

The first ___ chapters of ____ are known as the Creation Story

3 ; Genesis

T/F The creation story if a scientific account of creation

FALSE - Genesis creation story is NOT a scientific account of Creation