The Human Conscience

Question 1

Latin term for conscience, which in turn comes from what preposition, etymologically that means __

Answer 1

conscientia which in turn comes from the preposition “cum” (with) and the verb “scire” (to know) etymologically means “with knowledge”

Question 2

Ancient Greek thought already espoused its own notion of conscience called __

Answer 2

syneidesis

Question 3

this word appeared prominently only in the late Hellenistic period when it became an item of colloquial talk

Answer 3

syneidesis

Question 4

original term for syneidesis

Answer 4

syn-eidos

Question 5

act of sharing (__) knowledge or a way of understanding things, and interpreting ideas (__)

Answer 5

syn
eidos

Question 6

When a person judges a past action, the person becomes ___

Answer 6

both the judge and the one being judged

Question 7

popular Greco-Roman view held that __

Answer 7

every person possessed a natural inner law and a consciousness of it enabling one to make a moral judgment

Question 8

is fundamentally an act of self-judgment, a reflexive act of man which presupposes introspection

Answer 8

A conscience

Question 9

a practical judgement enabling the person to recognize whether the concrete act in a particular situation is good or evil (Diaz, 2019)

Answer 9

Conscience

Question 10

is a judgement of reason whereby the human person recognizes the moral quality of a concrete act that he/she is going to perform, is in the process of performing, or has already completed

Answer 10

Conscience

Question 11

Types of conscience

Answer 11

lax
doubtful
certain
scrupulous
erroneous
true

Question 12

conscience when there is a lack of effort in judging the morality of the act, manifested in being lenient and loose, resulting in a poor sense of what is good or evil

Answer 12

lax

Question 13

conscience when we judge a simple act to be evil, or a lesser evil to be grave resulting in a inordinate feeling of torment and guilt for no good reason

Answer 13

scrupulous

Question 14

a conscience when we judge the act that is really evil as good and that which is really good or indifferent as evil

Answer 14

erroneous

Question 15

some causes of erroneous judgement

Answer 15

Ignorance of Christ and His Gospel
Bad example given by others
Enslavement to one’s passions
assertion of a mistaken notion of autonomy of conscience
rejection of the Church’s authority
her teaching, lack of conversion and of charity

Question 16

kind of conscience where we make a correct and moral judgement on the quality of the act

Answer 16

True conscience

Question 17

when the person is sure of the evilness or goodness of the act

Answer 17

certain conscience

Question 18

when he/she is not sure

Answer 18

doubtful conscience

Question 19

FORMATION OF CONSCIENCE
Augustine speaks of the Holy Spirit as the author of both the _____ written on stone and the _____ written on our hearts

Answer 19

law of fear written on stone
law of love written on our hearts

Question 20

Man’s exercise of ____ presupposes the existence of conscience and the ability to judge and discern

Answer 20

free will (liberum arbitrium)

Question 21

It is important to _____ one’s conscience properly

Answer 21

form

Question 22

Christians are expected to form their conscience according to ___ and ___

Answer 22

to the teachings and examples of Jesus Christ as contained in the Scripture (especially in the Gospel accounts)
to the teachings of the Church

Question 23

It was also the _____ that provided its proper interpretation

Answer 23

Church

Question 24

is indispensable when one talks about the formation of conscience. It needs familiarity with the contents of the Sacred Scripture and with the teachings of the Church as well as critical thinking in discerning what is true and false, what is good and evil, what is just and unjust, what is acceptable or not, and so forth.

Answer 24

Acquisition of knowledge

Question 25

Name of Augustine’s mother

Answer 25

Monica

Question 26

who tried to imbue Christian teachings during Augustine’s tender years but was already in the early thirties when Augustine embraced the Catholic faith

Answer 26

Monica, Augustine’s mother

Question 27

_____ reveals a person’s true interests, desires, aspirations, etc. In other words, it indicates what type of a person one is

Answer 27

careful examination of one’s conscience

Question 28

Three stages in the process of coming to a moral judgement

Answer 28

Discerning
Demand
Judgement/decision stage

Question 29

Based on CFC 835, this stage includes the pedagogical STOP formula

Answer 29

discerning stage

Question 30

STOP formula

Answer 30

Search for possible solutions or means
Think of reasons
(consult) Others who are knowledgeable and expert and have a good spirituality
Pray for the Spirit of knowledge, wisdom and love so that whatsoever is being searched and thought of, is motivated by God’s Spirit

Question 31

In this stage, we bring the pertinent moral norm for the use of our conscience

Answer 31

Demand stage

Question 32

simply refers to the judgment of conscience we make on the morality of any proposed action, and our consequent decision to follow tis dictate of our conscience or not

Answer 32

Judgment/ decision stage