theology II unit 1 test review

Question 1

what story does the bible tell?

Answer 1

the story of how God’s plan for salvation unfolded throughout history or (Salvation History)

Question 2

the Bible is _____ and _____history of salvation?

Answer 2

inspired and inerrant

Question 3

the Bible is scared literature so it

Answer 3

allows us to understand it

Question 4

what does the Bible require for us to fully understand it at its full capacity?

Answer 4

some preparation and authoritative guidance

Question 5

what literary things does the Bible contain?

Answer 5

stories, poems, dialogue, and figurative language

Question 6

God is the author of?

Answer 6

Sacred Scripture

Question 7

understanding the various genres by understanding what is actually happening in the story

Answer 7

literal sense

Question 7

God acts in the ______ authors and by means of them

Answer 7

human

Question 8

in discerning the meaning of scripture, we need to distinguish which two senses?

Answer 8

spiritual and literal senses

Question 9

shows how people and events in salvation History are parallel to future people or events

Answer 9

allegorical sense

Question 10

the meaning expressed by the Biblical texts when read under the influence of the Holy Spirit

Answer 10

spiritual sense

Question 11

what are the 3 main spiritual senses?

Answer 11

allegorical, moral, and anagogical

Question 12

interprets the heroes of Scripture as models for life

Answer 12

moral sense

Question 13

views of the events of Sacred Scripture in terms of eternal significance leading us to Heaven

Answer 13

anagogical sense

Question 13

(possible Short Answer) : how is the Bible BOTH human and divine

Answer 13

The Bible is both Human and Divine because God writes the Bible through people of faith, and the Bible tells us without error that we need to know about God for the sake of our salvation

Question 14

creation was an act of Father, Son, and, Holy Spirit relates to which of the three religious truths?

Answer 14

There is only one God

Question 14

creation is a manifestation of God’s infinite goodness relates to which of the three religious truths?

Answer 14

everything God made was good

Question 14

T OR F:
All of the ways of truth are scientific

Answer 14

False

why:
Because the way the truth is transmitted also has to teach us.

Question 14

T or F:
both faith and reason are used to understand scripture

Answer 14

True

why:
both seek truth and faith ELEVATES reason

Question 14

T or F:
the soul is immortal

Answer 14

true

Question 15

2 sets of 3 days (God created everything with an order) relate to which of the three religious truths?

Answer 15

God planned creation

Question 15

T or F:
the soul is the form and spiritual principle of the body

Answer 15

true

Question 15

T or F:
Humans are the focal point of creation as they are made in God’s own image and likeness

Answer 15

true

Question 15

(short answer): What are the three religious truths to the creation stories?

Answer 15

The three religious truths are
1. there is only ONE God
2. Everything God made was good
3. God planned creation

Question 16

Both man and woman share what?

Answer 16

an equal and personal dignity

Question 17

T or F: the difference between man and woman is only physical and not spiritual

Answer 17

false why? because the difference between man and woman is not only physical but also spiritual

Question 18

do men and women have a different affective and spiritual nature?

Answer 18

yes

Question 19

men and women are meant to...

Answer 19

men and women are meant to complement each other in self-giving love and communion. (woman made from the side of man -> "walking side by side")

Question 20

Humans where created in a state of...?

Answer 20

original justice and original holiness

Question 21

T or F: men and women were fully aware of God's presence and their relationship with him before the fall

Answer 21

True

Question 22

(short answer) : what was the first sin?

Answer 22

The first sin was the sin of disobedience of God and to decide for themselves what is good and evil

Question 23

the temptation of Satan directly let to what?

Answer 23

the fall of humanity

Question 24

what did Adam and Eve decide to do?

Answer 24

put their own needs before Gods

Question 25

What are the three specific consequences to Original Sin?

Answer 25

1. loss of friendship with God 2. no longer immune to suffering and death 3. greater inclination to sin and temptation

Question 26

what does the loss of friendship with God imply?

Answer 26

sin separates us from God and loss of sanctifying grace and original holiness symbolized by shame of nakedness

Question 27

what does no longer immune to suffering and death imply?

Answer 27

sin created disorder among creation even body and soul would separate loss of a share of divine life

Question 28

what does greater inclination to sin and temptation imply

Answer 28

we have to suffer from concupiscence rejecting God's strength and protection human intellect becoming clouded self-control diminished

Question 29

as original sin divided humanity from God...

Answer 29

sin divides humans from one another

Question 30

who divides their family?

Answer 30

cain

Question 31

who divides society?

Answer 31

noah

Question 32

what was once oder becomes choas implies which phrase?

Answer 32

creation to decreation

Question 33

what did the stain of original sin leave each human with?

Answer 33

a wounded nature

Question 34

T or F: an infection of the spirit can heal on it's own

Answer 34

False

Question 35

what does Original Sin damage

Answer 35

the spiritual operations of the intellect and will

Question 36

(short answer): Bishop Baron- What is sin? What does it mean to get the Divine life on the fly?

Answer 36

appropriating the divine life As you receive it you give it and then you will truly have it.

Question 37

T or F: Because of our sin, God abandons his children.

Answer 37

False

Question 38

What does God reveal?

Answer 38

His plan for salvation

Question 39

Who did God give clothes, and settlement to outside of the Garden of Eden despite their sin?

Answer 39

Adam and Eve

Question 40

who did God protect despite of having killed their brother?

Answer 40

Cain

Question 41

(short answer): What is the contrast between Mary and Eve?

Answer 41

Mary is the woman who will crush the head of the serpent and Eve was tempted by a serpent. Mary crushing the head of the serpent symbolizes the elimination of sin in contrast to Eve bringing sin into the world. Mary's yes to God takes sin out and Eve's no, put sin in.

Question 41

Immediately after the Fall, God tells the serpent that his head should be crushed by what?

Answer 41

the seed of the woman

Question 42

what does God telling the serpent that the seed of the woman will crush his head symbolize?

Answer 42

protoevangelium since this is the promise of redemption

Question 43

In Jewish History, what does the concept of redemption imply?

Answer 43

deliverance by payment by price of ransom

Question 44

in what two occasions do we see the Jewish History belief of redemption?

Answer 44

in Mosaic Law and Jesus as the redeemer who freed us from enslavement (sin) by his blood.