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Unit Test 1 Flashcards

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Nothing is foreign to the domain of theology because

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theology pursues the deepest questions of being authentically human in God. It takes up the questions we all ask

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Doctrine is a teaching of the ___________ which all Catholics are required to believe

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Magesterium

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The Magesterium is the

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teaching authority of the Catholic Church

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The Magesterium is composed of the

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Pope, Cardinals and Bishops

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5
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The Doctrine of the Trinity states that

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God is one God in three divine persons.

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6
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What is prayer

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An orientation of the heart; and opening of the mind to the mystery of God.

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The central paradox of all theological inquiry is that it seeks to say something=____,____ & ____ about a reality whose depth and breadth are infinite and therefore beyond our capacities to finally comprehend

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intelligible, meaningful, and practical

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All theological inquiries have their source and reside in ________

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God’s inexhaustible mystery

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First Story of Creation

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  1. God is Creator, orderly
  2. Spoke & it happened
  3. Creation was carefully designed & structured
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We are made in the image of God means

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We have the ability to reason and we have a soul

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Creation Day 1

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Light

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Creation Day 2

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Sky

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Creation Day 3

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Earth/Plants/All vegetation

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14
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The first 3 days of creation are things that are

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immobile

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Creation Day 4

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Stars, Moon & Sun

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Creation Day 5

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Birds & Fish

17
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Creation Day 6

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Animals, humans

18
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The last three days of creation are things that are

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Mobile

19
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Details of the 2nd Creation Story

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  1. Haphazard
  2. Disordered
  3. No structure
  4. Creatures & animals were created in effort to provide a help mate
  5. Female is pinnacle of creation
  6. God seems to be guessing
  7. God is anthropomorphic
20
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Why would the editors of Genesis include two different stories of Creation?

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Explaining things - marriage; things will be more difficult for man & woman

21
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What do you think the editors are trying to tell us through the creation stories

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God made it all happen

22
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What does the inclusion of two distinctly different stories about the same topic tell us about how we are to read everything that follow in the Bible

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  1. Don’t read it literally or for history
  2. Do read for what the stories tell us about the truth of salvation; God created everything; God is responsible for creating the world; God created us to be in community with one another
23
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God’s Salvation is

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the truth that is in the story & tells how we will get back to him - eternity - relationship w/ God - How we get to Heaven

24
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What is a creed

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Statement of beliefs about an organized group of people - shared beliefs of a religion/community

25
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Creeds are ____ to be comprehensive, but to be ______

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Not intended, summary of core beliefs

26
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What function does a creed play in the life of religion?

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It sets down the minimum requirements that we must adhere to if we want to claim we are members

27
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Purpose of the Christian Creed: Acknowledging God as a ____ and several characteristics about him, we declare the _____ about our Christian faith in God

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Trinity, distinction

28
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What are the 3 main points we are to take from the discussion of divine mystery and the theological work of its discernment

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  1. The intimate relationship between God & humanity exists in all theological activity
  2. When we ask questions of ultimate significance to which we don’t know the answer, we are asking questions about God.
  3. One of the best ways to understand the nature of the theological enterprise is to see if as an activity that make these questions more explicit & rigorous
29
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When the Jewish people met god the were called _____ & he was called_______

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Israelite’s, Follower/descendants of Israel (Jacob),

Yahweh

30
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What is a prophet?

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A mediator between God and the people

God’s message

31
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A prophet’s role is to tell the people

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God’s Message

32
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At Mt Sinai ________ was given the ______

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Moses, Ten Commandments, Decologue

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