Unit 5

Question 0

“You shall not steal”

Answer 0

7th Commandment

Question 1

7th commandment

Answer 1

“You shall not steal”

Question 2

10th Commandment

Answer 2

“You shall not covet your neighbors goods”

Question 3

“You shall not covet your neighbors goods”

Answer 3

10th Commandment

Question 4

Commutative justice

Answer 4

This type of justice calls for fairness in agreements and contracts between individuals. It is an equal exchange of goods, money, or services.

Question 5

This type of justice calls for fairness in agreements and contracts between individuals. It is an equal exchange of goods, money, or services.

Answer 5

Commutative justice

Question 6

What are the two feet of Christian Social Action?

Answer 6

• works of justice

- works of service or charity

Question 7

Works of service/charity and works of justice are the two feet of what?

Answer 7

Christian Social Justice

Question 8

Solidarity

Answer 8

Union of one’s heart and mind with all people; leads to the just distribution of material goods, creates bonds between opposing groups and nations, and leads to the spread of spiritual goods such as friendship and prayer.

Question 9

Union of one’s heart and mind with all people; leads to the just distribution of material goods, creates bonds between opposing groups and nations, and leads to the spread of spiritual goods such as friendship and prayer.

Answer 9

Solidarity

Question 10

What is a basic test of any just society or state

Answer 10

how its most vulnerable members are treated

Question 11

Societies that are marked by sharp division between the rich and poor must do what?

Answer 11

work to reduce those inequalities and provide for a more just distribution of the goods of the earth

Question 12

Explain the “preferential option for poor and vulnerable”

Answer 12

We have a special obligation to put the needs of the poor and vulnerable first, even above our own comforts and wants.

Question 13

Poverty of heart

Answer 13

The recognition of our deep need for God and the commitment to put God above everything else in life, particularly above the accumulation of material wealth

Question 14

The recognition of our deep need for God and the commitment to put God above everything else in life, particularly above the accumulation of material wealth

Answer 14

Poverty of heart

Question 15

What was Jesus’s view of wealth?

Answer 15

He called his disciples to follow his example in being unattached to material wealth. He promises there is a reward for those who embrace voluntary poverty. Jesus warns that material wealth can be dangerous to our salvation.

Question 16

Social justice

Answer 16

The defense of human dignity by ensuring that essential human needs are met and that essential human rights are protected; to fight against social sin.

Question 17

The defense of human dignity by ensuring that essential human needs are met and that essential human rights are protected; to fight against social sin.

Answer 17

Social justice

Question 18

Corporal works of mercy

Answer 18

Charitable actions that respond to people’s physical needs and show respect for human dignity.

Question 19

Charitable actions that respond to people’s physical needs and show respect for human dignity.

Answer 19

Corporal works of mercy

Question 20

List the 7 corporal works of mercy

Answer 20

Feeding the hungry, give drink to the thirsty, clothing the naked, sheltering the homeless, visiting the sick, visiting prisoners, and burying the dead

Question 21

How should we use our God-given stewardship over the earth’s resources?

Answer 21

We must use the resources wisely and justly.

Question 22

What does stewardship mean?

Answer 22

Being grateful, responsible stewards of the gifts we receive from God

Question 23

List some basic human rights.

Answer 23

food, clothing, shelter, education, dignified work, health care, religious freedom, and freedom of speech

Question 24

What is the most fundamental human right?

Answer 24

The right to life, which must be protected from conception to natural death.