UNIT 1

Question 1

“Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. Let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, the birds of the air, and the cattle, and over all the wild animals and all the creatures that crawl on the ground.”

Answer 1

GENESIS 1:26-27

Question 2

“The dignity of the human person is rooted in his or her creation in the image and likeness of God. Endowed with a spiritual and immortal soul, intelligence and free will, the human person is ordered to God and called in soul and in body to eternal beatitude.”

Answer 2

CCC 169-1715

Question 3

“God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them”

Answer 3

GN 1:27

Question 4

• This statement is the basis of Christian anthropology, because it identifies the foundation of man’s dignity as a person in his creation “in the likeness” of God.
• Both are equally God’s masterpiece.

Answer 4

St. John Paul II in his General Audience 1999 referring to Gn 1:27

Question 5

The divine image is present in every man. He is endowed with:

Answer 5

(CCC 1702-1711)

Question 6

“then the LORD God formed man of dust from the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living being.”

Answer 6

(Gen. 2:7)

Question 7

God created man a rational being, conferring on him the dignity of a person who can initiate and control his own actions.

Answer 7

CCC 1730

Question 8

but the exercise of freedom does not entail the putative right to say or do anything.

Answer 8

CCC 1747

Question 9

True freedom is the power and right to do that which is right and good. It is rooted in reason and will, to act or not; to act to do this or that, and so to perform deliberate actions on one’s own responsibility

Answer 9

CCC 1731

Question 10

The more one does what is good, the freer one becomes. There is no true freedom except in the service of what is good and just. The choice to disobey and do evil is an abuse of freedom and one becomes a slave to sin.

Answer 10

CCC 1733

Question 11

“The State values the dignity of every human person and guarantees full respect for human rights.”

Answer 11

Philippine Constitution, Article 2 Section 11

Question 12

“In our day, there is a growing awareness that world peace is threatened not only by the arms race, regional conflicts and continued injustices among peoples and nations, but also by a lack of due respect for nature, by the plundering of natural resources and by a progressive decline in the quality of life.“

Answer 12

St John Paul II during the Celebration of World Peace January 1, 1990

Question 13

presents current ecological problems our world is facing such as the variety of forms of pollution, increasing deforestation, a disturbing warming of the climate, depletion of natural resources (especially quality drinking water), loss of biodiversity, the decline of quality of human life and relationships, and the global inequality gap between the poor and the rich.

Answer 13

Pope Francis in his encyclical Laudato Si