THE THEOLOGICAL VIRTUES (18) Flashcards

1
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is a habitual and firm disposition to do the good

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VIRTUE

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2
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it allows the person not only to perform good acts, but to give the best of himself

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VIRTUE

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3
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these virtues have God himself as their origin, motive, and direct object

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THEOLOGICAL VIRTUES

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4
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they bestow on one the capacity to live in a relationship with the trinity

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THEOLOGICAL VIRTUES

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5
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they are the foundation and the energizing force of the Christian’s moral activity

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THEOLOGICAL VIRTUES

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6
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they give life to the human virtues

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THEOLOGICAL VIRTUES

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7
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latin phrase for “so faith, hope, and love remain, these three; but the greatest of these is love.” (1 cor. 13:13)

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TRIA HAEC

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8
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the three theological virtues

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FAITH
HOPE
CHARITY/LOVE

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9
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the theological virtue by which we believe in God and all that he has revealed to us and that the Church proposes for our belief

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FAITH

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10
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by _____, the human person freely commits himself to God

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faith

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11
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the believer seeks to know and do the will of God because what

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“faith works through charity”

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12
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the theological virtue by which we desire and await from God eternal life as our happiness, placing our trust in Christ’s promises and relying on the help of the grace of the Holy Spirit to merit it and to persevere to the end of our earthly life

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HOPE

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13
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2 ways of hoping

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DESIRE

WAITING

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14
Q

is the only source of our deepest desires such as happiness

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God

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15
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we’ll ____ for the fulfillment of God’s promises to us

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wait

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16
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etymology of ADVENT

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ADVENTUS, meaning “coming”

17
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the theme of the first two weeks of the advent

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repentance in the coming of Christ at the end of time as judge

18
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2 COMMON SINS AGAINST HOPE

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DESPAIR

PRESUMPTION

19
Q

sin where man ceases to hope for his personal salvation from God, for help in attaining it or for the forgiveness of his sins

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DESPAIR

20
Q

is contrary to God’s goodness, for the Lord is faithful to his promises – and to his mercy

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DESPAIR

21
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two kinds of PRESUMPTION

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either man presumes upon his own capacities

or he presumes upon God’s mercy

22
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sin where either man presumes upon his own capacities or he presumes upon God’s mercy

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PRESUMPTION

23
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presumption by hoping to be able to save himself without help from on high

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man presumes upon his own capacities

24
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presumption by hoping to obtain his forgiveness without conversion and glory without merit

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man presumes upon God’s mercy

25
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the theological virtue by which we love God above all things and our neighbor as ourselves for the love of God

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CHARITY

26
Q

Jesus made this theological virtue as the new commandment

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CHARITY

27
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5 SINS AGAINST CHARITY

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INDIFFERENCE
INGRATITUDE
LUKEWARMNESS
ACEDIA
HATRED OF GOD
28
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sin by neglect or refusal to reflect on love of God; it fails to consider its prevenient goodness and denies its power

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INDIFFERENCE

29
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sin by failure or refusal to acknowledge divine charity and to return his love for love

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INGRATITUDE

30
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sin by hesitation or negligence in responding to divine love; it can imply refusal to give oneself over to the prompting of charity

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LUKEWARMNESS

31
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sin that goes so far as to refuse the joy that comes from God and to be repelled by divine goodness

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ACEDIA

32
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sin that causes laziness in praying or going to church

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ACEDIA

33
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ACEDIA is also called what

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SPIRITUAL SLOTH

34
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sin that comes from pride, a denial of God’s goodness cursing him as one who forbids sins and inflicts punishments

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HATRED OF GOD

35
Q

the good thief crucified beside Jesus Christ

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ST. DISMAS

36
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the bad thief that cursed Jesus

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GESTAS