THY LESSON 1-2 FINALS Flashcards
More than 50 years ago, with the world on the brink of nuclear crisis, who wrote an Encyclical which not only rejected war but offered a proposal for peace?
Pope Saint John XXIII
Who write/said “To all people of Good will”?
Pope Francis
LS no. 3
Who advocated the message Pacem in Terris?
Pope Saint John XXIII
To whom did Pope Saint John XXIII address the message of Pacem in Terris?
“Catholic world” and
“to all men and women of good will”
What is the consequences of our harmful action?
Climate change
What event generates or produces more damaging and irreparable impacts to communities and its environment?
Climate change
Who said that, “Climate change is the consequences of our harmful actions, which unfortunately, generates or produces more damaging and irreparable impacts to communities and its environment”?
Pope Francis
WHY is Laudato Si’ addressed to “every person living in this planet”?
1st - ALL of us are affected – there is already a CLIMATE EMERGENCY
2nd - Because we are the ones responsible or accountable to the present and future children/generation
3rd - And we “are capable of rising above ourselves”
All is not lost. Human beings while capable of the worst, are also capable of?
rising above themselves, choosing again what is good, and making a new start.
We are able to take an honest look at ourselves, to acknowledge our deep dissatisfaction, and to embark on new paths to ________. No system can completely suppress _________,____________, and _______________.
authentic freedom
our openness to what is good, true and beautiful, or our God-given ability to respond to his grace at work deep in our hearts.
Who said that, “ I appeal to everyone throughout the world
not to forget this dignity which is ours. No one has the right to take it from us.”?
Pope Francis, LS 205
Pope urges us to respond to the signs of the times which are?
the ecological crisis we are all experiencing especially the global problem: Climate Change.
In calling to caring stewardship, the pope emphasizes on the?
need for ecological conversion,
embracing ecological citizenship through the cultivation of ecological virtues, leading to selfless ecological commitment
What is the Root Cause of our Ecological Crisis?
- The Human Roots of the Present Ecological Crisis
a. Environmental, Social and Human Degradation
b. Technocratic Paradigm and Modern Anthropocentrism
Pope Francis offers what criteria in Laudato Si?
a theological criteria to judge the crisis of our common home
The Pope affirms that ___________ is not only about the collapse of the planet’s ecosystems…but is also a _______… is symptomatic of a _____________.
the ecological crisis
theological issue
deeper spiritual crisis.
What is a a vital tool to understand the ecological crisis & to respond to it effectively, seen in Laudato Si?
Theology of Earth
The contemporary ecological crisis points to the?
amnesia (forgetfulness) of a deeper truth
What is the deeper truth that the contemporary ecological crisis tends to forget?
That the world is above all God’s creation and is permeated with the divine presence.
For the Israelites the beginning of sin is to?
FORGET
What are examples of Israelites forgetting?
Angel Gabriel appeared to Zechariah – Lk 1:13ff
Angel Gabriel appeared to Mary – Lk 1:30 ff
Zechariah from the Hebrew name _____ which means _______
Zekharyah
God has remembered
______ pointed out our tendency to forget the lessons of the past, thus we remain reactive
PCP II
PCP II pointed out our tendency to?
forget the lessons of the past, thus we remain reactive
The Good News of Creation includes?
a. The Plan of God for Creation
b. The Role of Man in Creation
In the wake of modernity, we have been accustomed to look at the natural world as _________, as in __________, or as merely as __________, as in the ____________
inert matter – the Cartesian res extensa
modern science
storehouse of resources
neoliberal economy
Chapter 2 of Laudato Si’ is entitled?
“The Gospel of Creation”
What presents the theological foundation of the encyclical’s theological vision?
Chapter 2 of Laudato Si’: “The Gospel of Creation”
Creation is Good News because?
1.Creation is very good in God’s own eyes
2.Creation is a profound act of love on the part of God
3.Creation is God’s first revelation
It is ____________-that constitutes the intrinsic worth of every created reality
the basic goodness of creation in God’s own eyes
__________ have an intrinsic value independent of their usefulness.
[Ecosystems]
____________ inaugurates a new era in the Catholic Church’s approach to the natural world.
Pope Francis
Who express and participate in the mystery of salvation?
The world of animals, forests, mountains and waters are inextricably part of God’s good news for us;
We are called to recognize that other living beings have?
a value of their own in God’s eyes
The German bishops have taught that, where other creatures are concerned?
“we can speak of the priority of being over that of being useful.”
The Catechism clearly criticizes a distorted anthropocentrism
Each creature possesses its own particular goodness and perfection.
Each of the various creatures, willed in its own being, reflects in its own way a ?
ray of God’s infinite wisdom and goodness.
T or F: Man must therefore respect the particular goodness of every creature, to avoid any disordered use of things”
T
T or F: Our physical universe is an accident or a fluke event
F
The whole creation & every creature is a sign of ?
God’s outpouring love.
Every creature is brought into existence out of?
love and with a definite purpose.
