THEOLOGY EXAM!! Flashcards by Mary Hudson

What is the belief that the existence of God cannot be know or proven.

Agnosticism

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What is the denial of the existence of God

Atheism

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What is a revealed truth solemnly defined in the magisterium of the church

Dogma

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What are St. Thomas Aquinas’ “five ways”

Argument from motion: Anything that is in motion must have been moved.
Argument from causes: Everything must be created by something else.
Argument from possibility and necessity: Everything in nature is possible.
Argument from degrees of perfection: Something are more perfect than others.
Argument from governance: some events happen by chance

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What is the insufficient to fully know God, for God is infinite, and even by his help, man’s finite mind cannot contain him.

Natural Revelation

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What are the four characteristics given by scripture for our knowledge of God?

Medicate
Natural
universal
easy to attain

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What is the intellectual power of facility that is orderallt employed by man in adapting thought or action to some end.

Reason

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What is the holy spirit which guides the church and it’s teaching authority

Magisterium

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What are miracles and why are they important in the Catholic Church?

The greatest miracle is Jesus Christ. It is important because it verifies the truthfulness of all divine Revelation

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What is someone who talk to mankind n the name of God?

A prophet

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What is when God reveals himself to us through his actual words or deeds?

Divine Revelation

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What is the word of God passed through Jesus to the Apostles and then continually passed for generations?

Sacred Tradition

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What is cannot be wrong;without error

Infallible

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What are meetings at which bishops of the world come together to discuss meeting of concern of the church?

A ecumenical council

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What is the purpose of an ecumenical council?

To discuss problems of the church

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What is a promise between God and his people?

A covenant

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Who or what was the fulfillment of all God’s promises?

Jesus Christ

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What happened at pentecost?

The 12 disciples were locked in a room waiting for the holy spirit to come upon them, and when it did they all started speaking and preaching in different languages.

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What came first Sacred tradition or Sacred scripture?

Sacred Tradition

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How was the gospel spread soon after Jesus ascended into heaven?

Thought eh Apostles

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What are some sources of tradition?

Testimonies of the faith, from the first Christian generations, liturgy and the writing of the fathers of the church.

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What are some examples of who the church Fathers were.

The holy fathers, fathers of the church, which are saints of the early church

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Who is the primary author of Sacred Scripture?

God

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What are the two MAIN liturgy senses used to read the Scared Scripture?

Proper literature sense
metamorphism

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who two people started an argument which caused the first ecumenical council?

Arius of Alexandria Pope Sylvester

What language was the Mass always said in up to 1965?

Latin

What are the two sections the Bible is split up into?

New Testament and Old Testament

What four categories can we use to describe different parts of the two sections?

Law history wisdom prophecy

How many book are In the old testament?

What are the three names used to describe the first five books of the Bible?

Books of the law torah Pentateuch

What are the first five books?

Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy

About the History books of the Old testament.

Tells the story of the people of Israel, from the conquest of Cannon to the end of the kingdoms of Israel and Judah and onto the relation of Jerusalem

About the Books of Wisdom

Job- a long poem asking a hard question psalms- a collection of religious poems or songs proverbs- a connection of wise sayings ecclesiastes- a long meditation

About the book prophecy

heads up to the new Testament, prophets were sent by God

Who were these prophecies pointing up to?

Jesus

What books are considered the "Law" section of the New Testament?

The gospels

Who wrote the four gospels?

Matthew Mark Luke John

What book is considered the "history" section of the New Testament

The Acts of the Apostles

What books are considered to be the "wisdom" section of the New Testament?

The Epistles

What does the word epistle mean?

Letters

Who wrote most of the letters in the Bible

St. Paul

What book is considered the "prophecy" section of the New Testament?

Revelation

Who wrote this book of prophecy?

St. John

What three languages were used to write the original texts of the Bible?

Hebrew Aramaic Babylon

What is the Vulgate?

When the Bible was translated into Latin

Who wrote the Vulgate?

St. Jerome

Why is the Vulgate important?

Because everyone used to speak Latin so it was easier for everyone to read and listen to the Bible and go to mass

What was the first book to be printed on the printing press?

The Latin Vulgate

How many books total are in the Bible?

Who was the one israelite that was NOT allowed into the promise land?

Moses

What word means "God's anointed one"?

Messiah

What are two of the judges from the book of Judges?

Samuel, Samsea

What are the two gospel writers who were Apostles?

Matthew John

what were promises made to Adam?

When he died he would have eternal life He would have to work hard

What tree were Adam and Eve not aloud to eat from?

The tree of knowledge

What animal did satan use to deceive Eve?

A serpent

Who ate of the tree of knowledge?

Adam and Eve

What were the results of the curse?

Childbirth would be painful, family life, although still an image of God's love will be married by sin. Work designed to be a joy, will be hard and not always fruitful. Suffering illness, and physical death are inevitable in this life

What was the name of Adam and Eve's third, less famous son?

Seth

Who was the next truly righteous person after Adam?

Noah

Noah was told by God to build what?

A Ark

About the story of Cain and Abel.

Cain murdered Abel out if envy because he was liked more.

About what happened at the fall of Adam and Eve?

Adam and Eve ate from the tree of knowledge, and they were kicked out as well as a curse

What was the sign of God's promise to Noah?

A rainbow

What sin was the downfall of those that built the Tower of Babel?

Pride

Why did Cain kill Abel?

Because he was jealous

Who is typically shown standing on a snake?

Mary

God choose this person to be the Father of His people.

Abraham

Describe the promises made to Abraham

Abraham would have land, His generation would never end, and his wife would bare a son.

Why was it a huge deal for God to promise that Sarai would have a son?

Because he had difficulty trusting God's Promises

What name was Abram given by God?

Abraham

Who was Abraham and Sarah's only son?

Issac

How did God test Abraham?

He told Abraham to sacrifice Issac instead of a lamb or a goat.

Isaac and Rebekah had two sons. What are their names?

Esau and Jacob

What did Esau trade for his birthright for?

Soup

How many sons does Jacob have?

After wrestling with God, what name does he give to Jacob?

Israel

Who was Jacob's favorite son?

Joseph

How many years (total) did Jacob have to work to marry Rachel?

What was the name of Jacobs daughter?

Dinah

Which of Jacob's sons would have King David and Jesus from his family?

Judah

Based on a prophecy, who did Pharaoh have killed?

All the Hebrew boys

Instead of killing him, what did Moses' parents do to try to save him?

They put him in a basket and sent them down the Nile

Who found Moses?

The pharaoh's daughter

why does Moses Flee into the desert and leave behind his life as an egyptian prince?

Because he killed an egyptian that was beating a slave

How does God appear to Moses?

The burning Bush

What does "Yahweh" mean in hebrew?

I am

What does God send to Egypt to help persuade Pharaoh into letting the chosen people go free?

The 10 plagues

How could the Israelites save themselves from the angel of death?

By sacrificing a lamb and putting lamb blood on the door, and preparing a special meal

Who was killed by the angel of death that was close to the Pharaoh?

The pharaoh's son.

Raising his staff, Moses parted what body of water?

The red sea

What was the name of the bread God gave to the Israelites in the desert?

Manna

After coming down from the mountain, what does Moses witness the Israelites doing?

He witnessed them worshiping a golden calf

How long did the Israelites wonder in the desert?

40 years

Who led the Israelites into canaan, the promise land?

Joshua

Who did God send to help restore righteousness in the newly formed israel?

Judges

Name the ten plagues?

Blood in water, flies,frogs,gnats, loctus, boils, disease in livestock, darkness, hail, and death in first born.

Why did the Israelites want to be like other nations?

Because they wanted a king like other nations