SJ UNIT 1 ASSESSMENT: GOD'S PLAN FOR HUMANITY Flashcards
how can you summarize the social dimension of human beings?
we need others and we have a social nature
salvation is communal and expresses our unity as a human people - why?
we form one community with a common destiny
how can happiness and union with god be found in this life?
by witnessing jesus in our words and actions, living in loving relationships with others
how does vatican II express the nature of the church?
expresses the church is a sign and instrument of communion with god and unity of the whole human race
how does the church fulfill her social mission as teacher?
forms the social conscience of society and speaks up to promote dignity
how does the church fulfill her social mission as a community of sanctified believers?
all of our activities conscecrate all people and bless god
how can the church act as a listener to fulfill her social mission?
listens to the needs of society; engages in ecumenism and interreligious dialogue
as the mystical body of christ the church imitates jesus in which two ways?
link ourselves to those suffering and persecutes, continue his 3 fold mission
how does the church as the family of god show union and communion?
the church is united with all people in god, we grow together in likeness with god
what is the root of the church’s social mission?
rooted in jesus’ ministry
how is this social mission fulfilled?
fulfilled by the church in many ways and through many roles and functions
what does the church live out in her social mission?
live out the way we’re committed to the gospel in society
how does vatican II affect our understanding of the church’s relationship to society and the human person?
reorients our understanding of the human person and relationship to society
how do we live out the social mission as a household of faith?
we actively respond to holiness at home and in public, and interpret them in light of the gospels
