Spirituality Of Truth Flashcards
What are the theories of truth?
- correspondence
- coherence
- pramztic
What Theory of truth is this?
- Is something factual automatically truthful?
- truth is what ________ to facts
Correspondence
What Theory of truth is this?
- Is the truth determined by what we know and believe?
- Truth is what _______ with the rest of our knowledge
Coherence
What theory of truth is this?
- Is the truth determined by usefulness?
Truth is what works, or served our purposes
Pragmatic
True spirituality is anchored on the truth of
Who God is
It is our search for that “real thing”
Spirituality
This is an excerpt from?
“The light of God’s face shines in all its beauty on the countenance of Jesus Christ.”
Veritatis Splendor, 2
Who said this?
“Man is the measure of all things”
Protagoras (5th Century)
True or False
In a relativist society, there are standards and permanent moral values.
False (no standards and no permanent moral values)
T or F
Truth is as fluid as the changing of an individual’s mind or preferences.
T
It is the belief that there are no such things as permanent or universal truths.
Relativism
T or F
In relativism, all truths, whether in matters of doctrine or morality, are dependent on the individual, on popular opinion, on society, on culture, etc. but never on an objective basis such as the Word of God.
T
One who is not a relativist is labelled as (3 labels F.A.I.)
FUNDAMENTALIST, or ARROGANT, or INTOLERANT
T or F
In Relativism in Faith, there is absolute truth in faith or religion.
F (no absolute truth)
Relativism in Faith
One religion is just as good as another. Christ is just among many.
Religious Indifferentism
Relativism in Faith
We are free to choose which Church teachings are we going to accept as true and follow while abandoning those that does not suit our taste or preference
Cafeteria Catholicism
According to Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, today, having a clear faith based on the Creed of the Church is often labeled as _________
fundamentalism
T or F
According to Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, relativism, that is letting oneself be tossed here and there, carried about by every wind of doctrine seems the only attitude that can cope with modern times.
T
According to Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, we are building a _________ that does not recognize anything as definitive and whose ultimate goal consists solely of one’s own ego and desires.
dictatorship of relativism
What are the 3 different types of relativism?
- R. in faith
- R. in Morals
- practical relativism
T or F
In Relativism in Morals, there is no absolute right and wrong, the logical consequence of relativism in faith.
T
Relativism in Morals
Indifference towards faith and the question of
God.
Practical Atheism
According to ___________, “The practical atheism of those who say they are Christian but live as if God does not exist is a greater threat than actual atheism.”
Pope Benedict XVI
Relativism in Morals
What is useful is good. What is pleasurable is good.
Utilitarianism & Hedonism
Relativism in Morals
An excerpt for ____________
“While the Church insists on the existence of objective moral norms which are valid for everyone… there are those in our culture who portray this teaching as unjust, that is, as opposed to basic human rights.”
Evangelii Gaudium, 64
A form of moral relativism that is self-centered, self-indulgent, & grounded on convenience & material security
Practical Relativism
This is an example of what type or relativism?
a lifestyle where one accumulates and hoards wealth and power at all costs
Practical Relativism
According to Pope Francis, it is the reason behind the lack of sense of mission among Christians.
Practical Relativism
Practical Relativism
This is an excerpt from?
“…acting as if God did not exist, making decisions as if the poor did not exist, setting goals as if others did not exist, working as if people who have not received the Gospel did not exist.”
Evangelii Gaudium, 80; Laudato Si, 122
Spirituality of Truth is ________, ________, and _________
Universal
Objective
Transcultural
Spirituality of truth is _________, the same at all places and at all times
Universal
Spirituality of truth is _________, discovered and not made, not what I think or believe
Objective
Spirituality of truth is _________, it is the same for all people
Transcultural
Who said this?
“If we don’t look for truth, we are guided by other interests, or fears, or the pressure of the crowd, of the media, of power, of self-comfort, and we are not free, we are slaves”
Archbishop Gabriele Giordano Caccia,
Excerpt from?
According to St. Thomas Aquinas, truth is the equation of the mind and thing.
Summa Theologiae, I:21:2
A person is _________ if his mind conforms to reality
logically truthful
A person is ___________ if his words/actions conform to what is in his mind
morally truthful
This means, insofar persons correspond to how the Creator imagined them even before they were made
Ontological truth
Logical, moral, or ontological?
It is verifying the truth
Logical
Logical, moral, or ontological?
It is living out the truth
Moral
Logical, moral, or ontological?
Actualizing the truth of who I am, whose I am, for whom I am
Ontological
Verity’s (Latin) means?
Truth
T or F
In ontological truth, truth became incarnate in the person of Jesus Christ
T
Verse from?
“He is before all things, and in him all things hold together.”
Colossians 1:-17
The ultimate purpose behind the transmission of truth is __________ (Mt. 28:29)
Salvation
Excerpt from?
For truth to be conveyed effectively, requires a genuine love for the audience, learn their language, be immersed in their realities.
Evangelii Gaudium, 35
According to Pope Francis, Hence, communicating the truth today should not be by way of imposition but by ___________
Attraction
According to ___________, “In the words, it is through the via pulchritudinis – the way of beauty the others are brought more effectively to the truth of Christ.”
Pope Benedict XVI
