Unit 9 Test

Question 1

In establishing the church, what opportunity does Christ give us?

Answer 1

the opportunity to be united to him

Question 2

Vocab:

The efforts to reunite all Christians on earth and to cooperate among Christian faith traditions in achieving common goals.

Answer 2

Ecumenism

Question 3

What is the meaning of the term “Mystical Body of Christ”?

Answer 3

A Spiritual union of all Christians

Question 4

SHORT ANSWER:

List and explain the 3 ways the church is unified.we

Answer 4

1) Unity of Faith = one faith passed down from the Apostles
2) Unity of Worship = celebrates in common the same 7 Sacraments instituted by Christ
3) Unity of Leadership = Apostolic succession ensures continuity with teaching and leadership of the Apostles

Question 5

What does St. Paul refers to the Church as?

Answer 5

The Body of Christ

Question 6

Vocab:

A fourth-century heresy that held that Christ had only a divine mind and will, not a human mind and will.

Answer 6

Apollinarianism

Question 7

Name for the Chruch on Earth.

Answer 7

the Pilgrim Church

Question 8

Referring to the Church as the Body of Christ implies what?

Answer 8

The Church is organic, growing a bearing fruit

Question 9

Meaning of “parrah rabbah”

Answer 9

Be fruitful and multiply

Question 10

What was the Council of Jerusalem?

Answer 10

A conference of the Christian Apostles that decreed that Gentile Christians did not have to observe the Mosaic Law of the Jews

Question 11

What is it called when Christians reject the teaching and leadership of the Pope and bishops?

Answer 11

Rejection of the apostolic succession

Question 12

What causes a break in the unity of the Mystical Body?

Answer 12

Rejecting the apostolic succession

Question 13

What forms do the “wounds” to Christianity unity usually come in?

Answer 13

• apostasy
• heresy
• schism

Question 14

True/False

The wounds to Christianity unity are a sin

Answer 14

True; they are grave sins

Question 15

Vocab:

The total rejection of the Christian faith by someone already baptized.

Answer 15

Apostasy

Question 16

What were the 2 periods of schism?

Answer 16

1) with the Orthodox Churches
2) and the Protestant Reformation

Question 17

What do you call those who are born into the schismatic communities?

Answer 17

separated brethren

Question 18

Though separated, what elements of sanctification and truth do Catholics share with other Christian communities?

Answer 18

• Sacred Scripture
• Sacraments
• Theological virtues (faith, hope, charity)
• Gifts of the Holy Spirit

Question 19

Where do we see these elements:
- Sacred Scripture
- Sacraments
- Theological virtues (faith, hope, charity)
- Gifts of the Holy Spirit
in their fullness?

Answer 19

in the Catholic Church

Question 20

A fourth-century heresy claiming that Jesus Christ was neither God nor equal to the Father, only that he was sent by the Father and did the will of the Father.

Answer 20

Arianism

Question 21

What was the Protestant Reformation?

Answer 21

a series of schisms

Question 22

What did Martin Luther and Huldrych Zwingli criticize?

Answer 22

the sale of indulgences

Question 23

Were Luther and Zwingli’s criticism valid? Why or why not?

Answer 23

It was valid; however, their theological reasoning led them to dismiss the authority of the Church

Question 24

Name 2 other reformers other than Luther and Zwingli.

Answer 24

John Calvin and King Henry VIII

Question 25

Where are some of the places that schisms occurred?

Answer 25

Germany, Switzerland, England, Denmark, Sweden, and Scotland

Question 26

SHORT ANSWER: What is the protestant teaching on: sola scriptura and sola gratia

Answer 26

- sola Scriptura = using the bible alone, not along with Tradition - sola gratia = saved by grace alone (not works)

Question 27

Which period wounded the unity of the Chruch but also brought abt needed reforms?

Answer 27

Protestant Reformation

Question 28

Which council clarified the Chruch doctrine when it was divided?

Answer 28

Council of Trent

Question 29

What kind of actions did the wounded unity of the Church bring about?

Answer 29

- needed reforms - a new religious fervor among Catholic and clarification of the Church doctrine

Question 30

What are the Vatican II principles for Ecumenical work?

Answer 30

- To encourage theological dialogue while staying true to Church teachings - To pray for greater unity w/ other Christians

Question 31

What is nominalism?

Answer 31

It means that God is one being among many.

Question 32

Explain St. Thomas Aquinas’ response to nominalism.

Answer 32

God is what it means to be in full sense (he is existence).

Question 33

What is biblical teaching on the primacy of grace?

Answer 33

God’s love comes 1st

Question 34

What is the problem with “auto salvation”?

Answer 34

It claims that we don’t need a savior. This makes us greater than God.

Question 35

According to the Council of Trent, what is “ingredient” in the process of salvation?

Answer 35

Cooperation in grace

Question 36

Where does the Church’s holiness come from?

Answer 36

God

Question 37

What are some of the aspects that the Church consists of?

Answer 37

- the members of the faithful (Pilgrim Church) - those in Purgatory (Suffering Church) - those in Heaven (Glorified Church)

Question 38

Each member of the Church that shares in the Resurrection of Christ is filled with what?

Answer 38

The Holy Spirit

Question 39

Through what does the Pilgrim Church on earth participate in the glory of Heaven?

Answer 39

The Sacraments (particularly the Eucharist)

Question 40

What is the Church an expression of?

Answer 40

God’s continuous call to bring us back into communion w/ him

Question 41

True/False The establishment of the Church on earth is the end of God’s vision for humanity

Answer 41

False; The establishment of the Church on earth is not the end of God’s vision for humanity

Question 42

The Church is an “______” of things to come

Answer 42

Echo

Question 43

What does the following statement mean: The Church is an “echo” of things to come

Answer 43

Eternal communion with God in Heaven

Question 44

True/False The church is a divine origin

Answer 44

True

Question 45

What can you describe the Church as in result of her divine origin?

Answer 45

Immutable, indefectible, and perennial

Question 46

Vocab: A fourth-century heresy claiming that Jesus Christ was neither God nor equal to the Father, only that he was sent by the Father and did the will of the Father.

Answer 46

Arianism

Question 47

A heresy from the first Christian centuries that taught that Jesus shared secret information or knowledge with only a few people who were guaranteed Salvation.

Answer 47

Gnosticism

Question 48

The obstinate denial by a baptized person of some truth that must be believed with divine faith.

Answer 48

Heresy

Question 49

What Greek word does the word Catholic come from?

Answer 49

Katholikos

Question 50

Will never change in its essential aspects; an attribute of the Catholic Church as a result of its divine origin.

Answer 50

Immutable

Question 51

Having no flaw or defect; an attribute of the Catholic Church as a result of its divine origin.

Answer 51

Indefectible

Question 52

The fifth-century heresy that claimed there is only one nature in the Person of Christ, his human nature having been incorporated into his divine nature.

Answer 52

Monophysitism

Question 53

A fourth-century heresy that opposed to title of Theotokos for Mary, teaching that Mary was the Mother of Christ, but not of God.

Answer 53

Nestonianism

Question 54

Will exist until the end of time; an attribute of the Catholic Church as a result of its divine origin.

Answer 54

Perennial

Question 55

The general name given to any of the Christian denominations that broke from the Catholic Church during the sixteenth-century Reformation

Answer 55

Protestantism

Question 56

A breach of the unity of the visible Church; the refusal to submit to the Pope or be united with the Church.

Answer 56

Schism

Question 57

3 ways the Church is Apostolic in a threefold sense:

Answer 57

1) Apostolic Foundation = built and remains on the foundation of the Apostles 2) Apostolic Faith = guards and transmits the teachings of the Apostles(w/ the help of the Holy Spirit) 3) Apostolic Succession = continues to be directed, sanctified, and taught by the Apostles in the persons of their successors in pastoral ministry